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· 9/9/1996

Federal Case

Citations

  • 95 F.3d 814

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the failure of the police to investigate the robbery of the petitioner or to protect her family compelled a conclusion that the police were unwilling or unable to control the persecutors
  • concluding that the petitioner had established persecution when the evi- dence showed that she had been robbed numerous times in the course of seven to ten days but not physically harmed
  • holding that a discretionary denial of asylum is reviewed for abuse of discretion
  • holding that the fail- ure of the police to investigate the robbery of the petitioner or to protect her family compelled a conclusion that the police were unwilling or unable to control the persecutors
  • stating that finding of past persecution triggers regulatory presumption that applicant has well-founded fear of future persecution
  • holding petitioner established past persecution where she had been robbed multiple times over the course of one week

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