Zeferino Mendez-Gutierrez v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General

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• holding that the rule of mandate applies to decisions of the Board on remand from this court
• holding that the rule of mandate applies to decisions of the BIA on remand from this court
• holding that the Board of Immigration Appeals- was bound by the first appeal’s \limited remand” to consider only \whether [the petitioner] has established a prima facie case of eligibility for asylum”
• holding that the BIA is bound by the scope of this court’s remand
• requiring an applicant to show “credible, direct, and specific evidence” in support of his reasonable fear of persecution
• “We cannot conclude that the unspecified threats against Mendez-Gutierrez were sufficiently menacing to constitute past persecution, as we do not even know what the threats entailed.” (citation omitted)

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