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RUANO v. ASHCROFT

No. 01-70915.

301 F.3d 1155 (2002)

Edin Arcenio RUANO, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amos Lawrence (argued), San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.

Audrey Benison Hemesath (argued), United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C. Appearances only by Robert D. McCallum Jr., United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Richard M. Evans, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; and Alison R. Drucker, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent-appellee.

Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.

D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

When you have received multiple death threats at your home and place of business; when you have been followed by and narrowly escaped four armed men trying to kill you; and when you have been targeted because of your membership in a political party, a rational factfinder could only conclude that you have suffered past persecution.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Edin Arcenio Ruano is a native and citizen of Guatemala...

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