David Eduardo Gutierrez Maritza Del Carmen Gutierrez-Lopez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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95 F.3d 1157·1996 WL 453252·1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 38440
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 8, 199695-70053California1,300 words

Opinion

Opinion

95 F.3d 1157 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. David Eduardo GUTIERREZ; Maritza Del Carmen Gutierrez-Lopez, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70053. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 10, 1996. * Decided Aug. 8, 1996. Petition to Review an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Nos. Aak-zrk-ibc, Ard-rhl-dvl. B.I.A. REVERSED. Before: GOODWIN, PREGERSON, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Maritza Del Carmen Gutierrez-Lopez and her minor child David Gutierrez, both Nicaraguan nationals, petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA affirmed the denial by an immigration judge (IJ) of petitioners' application for political asylum and withholding of deportation. 1 Although both the BIA and the IJ found that Ms. Gutierrez-Lopez had suffered past persecution, they concluded that she no longer had a well-founded fear of future persecution…

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