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BELLIDO v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-4076.

367 F.3d 840 (2004)

Hugo Ivan BELLIDO; Miriam Puna-Villaneuvam, Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 22, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Steven C. Thal, Minnetonka, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Joshua Braunstein, Washington, DC. Additional attorney appearing on the brief was Leslie McKay.

Before BYE, HEANEY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Hugo Ivan Bellido and his wife, Miriam Puna-Villanueva, appeal the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their asylum applications.1 Bellido maintains that he cannot return to Bolivia, his country of origin, because of the threat of persecution he faces by the Bolivian government due to his prior leadership role in a railroad union. He also argues that the BIA improperly failed to consider his...

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