BOJORQUES-VILLANUEVA v. I.N.S.

No. 99-1206.

194 F.3d 14 (1999)

Santos Manuel BOJORQUES-VILLANUEVA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen O'Sullivan with whom Harvey Kaplan, Jeremiah Friedman, and Ilana Greenstein were on brief, for petitioner.

Edward J. Duffy, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom Christopher C. Fuller, Senior Litigation Counsel, and David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, were on brief, for respondent.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for review of a final order of deportation under the then applicable section 106(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) (1995). The specific issue is whether substantial evidence supports the Board of Immigration Appeals' adverse finding of credibility, leading it to dismiss petitioner's appeal from an Immigration Judge's decision denying his request for asylum.

Petitioner, a 26...

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