· 1/9/1997
Baljinder Singh SANGHA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
Citations
- 103 F.3d 1482
- 97 Daily Journal DAR 387
- 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 242
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 272
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the petitioner had been persecuted by a terrorist group that the government of India could not control
- holding that the petitioner had been persecuted by a terrorist group that the government of India could not control
- holding that applicant failed to establish imputed political opinion where he presented no evidence that an anti-governmental guerilla group imputed his father’s political beliefs to him
- deciding that it was as likely the persecutor sought forcibly to recruit the applicant for non-political reasons as it was for the persecutor forcibly to recruit the applicant for his political opinion
- holding that applicant may establish eligibility for asylum on basis of imputed political opinion
- holding that recruitment of petitioner by a guerilla group may have had non-political justifications
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Judges: Goodwin, Wallace, Rymer
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