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RIVERA-MORENO v. I.N.S.

No. 98-71463.

213 F.3d 481 (2000)

Silvia RIVERA-MORENO, a.k.a. Vilma Aracely Argueta, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 23, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Leardo, Law Offices of Nancy Ann Fellom, San Francisco, California, for the petitioner.

James A. Hunolt, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: ALDISERT, O'SCANNLAIN and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge ALDISERT; Concurrence by Judge MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS.

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge:

The principal question for decision is whether retaliation against a nurse, who refused to join a guerrilla movement to give medical care to their wounded, constitutes "persecution ... on account of political opinion" under § 101(a)(42) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("the Act" or "INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42) (1998).

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