LOPEZ v. I.N.S.

No. 83-7761.

775 F.2d 1015 (1985)

Jose Enrique LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Pettit, Immigrants' Rights Office, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner.

Marshall T. Golding, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before WALLACE, CANBY and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Jose Lopez is a citizen of El Salvador found deportable in 1981. He petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his request for asylum and withholding of deportation. Because substantial evidence supports the Board's decision, we deny his petition.

Lopez contends that the Board erred in requiring him to establish his asylum claim by a "clear probability of persecution" rather than by a...

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