RHOA-ZAMORA v. I.N.S.

Nos. 91-1949, 91-1513 and 91-1551.

971 F.2d 26 (1992)

Agustin RHOA-ZAMORA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Felipe Antonio JURESMA-ALTAMIRANO and Luis Rodriguez-Altamirano, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Luis Andres ESQUIVEL-BERRIOS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1992.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing November 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elpidio Villarreal, Jill A. Thompson (argued), Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner Agustin Rhoa-Zamora.

Lori L. Scialabba, David J. Kline, Charles E. Pazar, Robert Kendall, Jr., Donald E. Keener (argued), Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Robert L. Bombaugh, I.N.S., Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., Richard L. Thornburg, U.S. Atty. Gen., Office of U.S. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., A.D. Moyer, Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Ellen J. Krupp, I.N.S., Fred Foreman, U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Chicago, Ill., for I.N.S.

James T. Barry, III (argued), Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wis., Randall S. Rapp, Foley & Lardner, Chicago, Ill., for petitioners Felipe Juaresma-Altamirano and Louis Rodriguez-Altamirano.

Roy A. Petty, Midwest Immigrant Rights Center, Travelers and Immigrants Aid, Javier H. Rubinstein (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner Luis A. Esquibel-Berrios.

Before CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc November 4, 1992.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

The petitioners in these consolidated appeals are Nicaraguan nationals who fled Nicaragua while the Sandinistas were in power and subsequently sought asylum in this country. All four petitioners were denied asylum by an Immigration Judge and appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board). In each case, the Board...

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