CRUZ-LOPEZ v. I.N.S.

No. 85-1753.

802 F.2d 1518 (1986)

Marvin O. CRUZ-LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daria Goggins, Student Counsel (Richard A. Boswell, The George Washington University, Nat. Law Center, Immigration Law Clinic, Washington, D.C., on brief), for petitioner.

Thomas W. Hussey, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice (Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Millicent Clark, Dawn McPhee, Asst. Director, Michael P. Lindemann, Washington, D.C., on brief), for respondent.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and MURNAGHAN and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Marvin Cruz-Lopez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, has petitioned this court for relief from a Bureau of Immigration Appeals (BIA) determination that he cannot remain in the United States. Cruz-Lopez claims that he deserves a discretionary grant of asylum under sections 101(a)(42)(A) and 208(a) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952 as amended, (INA), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101(a)(42), 1158(a), or the mandatory withholding of...

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