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ZACARIAS v. U.S.I.N.S.

No. 88-7507.

921 F.2d 844 (1990)

Jairo Jonathan Elias ZACARIAS, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1990.

Amended December 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. von Mehren, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Jill E. Zengler, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before FLETCHER, PREGERSON and NELSON, Circuit Judges.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Elias Zacarias petitions for review of the denial of his application for political asylum and withholding of deportation. We grant his petition for review in respect to his claim to eligibility for asylum.

PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Elias fled Guatemala in March of 1987. When he entered the United States in July of 1987, the respondent Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS" or "Service...

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