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BORJA v. I.N.S.

No. 97-70272.

139 F.3d 1251 (1998)

Teresita Moral BORJA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Jobe, Law Offices of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, California, for petitioner Teresita Moral Borja.

Donald A. Couvillon, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Before: WOOD, Jr., HALL, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether a Philippine citizen is entitled to asylum in the United States for treatment inflicted by the New People's Army.

I

In September 1992, Teresita Moral Borja was working at her parents' shoe factory in the Philippines when two armed men approached her and declared their allegiance to the New People's Army ("NPA"), a communist faction which actively opposes the Philippine government. After brandishing...

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