· 6/6/1991
Senzamici v. Young
Citations
- 174 A.D.2d 831
- 570 N.Y.S.2d 760
- 1991 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7923
How courts have described this case
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- holding that protection does not extend to person who fear [sic] entities that a government is unable to control
- stating that “[s]pecific grounds must exist that indicate the individual would be personally at risk” of torture
- finding no \prima facie eligibility for withholding of removal\ based on the Board's discretionary first-instance determination that the movant's robbery conviction was for a \particularly serious crime\
- particularly serious crimes encompass statutory provisions requiring an intent to deprive a person of property through the use of force, violence, assault, or putting in fear
- “Specific grounds must exist that indicate the individual would be personally at risk.”
- “[A]n asylum applicant’s fear of harm resulting from general conditions of violence ... affecting the populace as a whole ... does not constitute a ‘well-founded fear of persecution’ within the meaning of the Act.”
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