United States First Circuit

While the risks that petitioner faced in Guatemala were real ones and the threat posed to him by the guerillas (and apparently the regular army as well) were no less real if motivated by recruiting goals rather than political views, civil war is not generally a basis for asylum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/30/2001
• Published 03/30/2001

Judges

• BOUDIN, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Heidi E. Harvey with whom Fish & Richardson, P.C. was on brief for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Erin Albritton, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, with whom David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director, and Michael T. Dougherty, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, were on brief for respondent.