· 5/14/1991
Hasan Balazoski v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Citations
- 932 F.2d 638
- 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 9738
- 1991 WL 76000
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that questioning and detention of family and searching family home were not sufficient to establish a well-founded fear of persecution
- holding that questioning and detention of family and searching family home were not sufficient to establish a well-founded fear of persecution
- affirming the BIA's denial of asylum of an ethnic Albanian citizen of Yugoslavia despite his native government's interrogation,detention, and search of his family
- defining persecution as more than merely facing harassment in the form of questioning for participation in a protest march
- “Whether the IJ used the incorrect legal standard is irrelevant. We review the decision of the BIA, not the IJ.”
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Judges: Cummings, Flaum, Grant
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