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MELENDEZ v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

No. 34, Docket 89-4119.

926 F.2d 211 (1991)

Narciso Vallez MELENDEZ, Petitioner, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE and Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Mancino, New York City (Lawrence O. Kamin, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher, New York City, of counsel; Anne Pilsbury, Central American Legal Assistance, Brooklyn, N.Y., also of counsel), for petitioner.

Timothy MacFall, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y. (Otto G. Obermaier, U.S. Atty., Marla Alhadeff, Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., New York City, of counsel), for respondents.

Before FEINBERG and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges, and RE, Chief Judge.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns petitions by a citizen of El Salvador for asylum and withholding of deportation. Petitioner claims he has suffered repeated persecution in his native country and fears he will be persecuted further if forced to return there.

We are called upon to elaborate on the legal tests governing applications for asylum and withholding of deportation under §§ 208(a) and 243...

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