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RIVAS-MARTINEZ v. I.N.S.

No. 92-4849.

997 F.2d 1143 (1993)

Reyna De La Paz RIVAS-MARTINEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 18, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Taylor Shivers, Robert A. Shivers, and Azar-Farr & Ret, Simon M. Azar-Farr, San Antonio, TX, for petitioner.

William Barr, Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Philemina Jones, Robert Kendall, Jr., Marshall Tamor Golding, Richard M. Evans, Robert L. Bombough, Office of Immigration Lit., Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for respondent.

John B.Z. Caplinger, I.N.S. Dist. Director, New Orleans, LA and E.M. Trominski, I.N.S., District Director, Harlingen, TX, other interested parties.

Before GOLDBERG, GARWOOD, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

In this immigration case, Petitioner Reyna De La Paz Rivas-Martinez (Rivas) appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of her application for asylum, which had been granted by the Immigration Judge (IJ). Rivas insists that the BIA erred in concluding that she had not demonstrated a well-founded fear of persecution by El Salvadorean guerrillas based on her political opinion. As both the...

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