United States First Circuit

Absence of any evidence to contradict the State Department report, or to show why general improved conditions in native country do not affect alien's particular risk of persecution, supports conclusion that alien does not have an objectively reasonable fear of persecution despite evidence of past persecution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/06/2001
• Published 07/06/2001

Judges

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

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John H. Ruginski, Jr., for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lyle D. Jentzer, with whom David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General and Terri J. Scadron, Senior Litigation Counsel, were on brief, for respondent.