CHEO v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE

No. 96-71041.

162 F.3d 1227 (1998)

Meng Ly CHEO; Meng Heng Cheo, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted May 22, 1998.

Decided December 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marco Antonio Rodriguez, Bonita, CA, for petitioners.

Susie Cho (argued), Mark C. Walters (briefed), Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before: CANBY, NOONAN and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

This asylum case turns on who must prove firm resettlement or the lack of it in a third country, if the asylum seeker has been there for a substantial period of time.

Facts.

Meng Ly Cheo and Meng Heng Cheo are of Cambodian nationality. They applied for asylum on the ground that armed groups had tried to recruit them. One temporarily bought his way out with his watch and the money in his pockets. The armed groups commonly...

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