United States First Circuit

Petitioners, citizens of Guatemala, failed to meet their burden in establishing past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution, in an application for asylum and withholding of deportation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/30/2002
• Published 09/30/2002

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and McAULIFFE , District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randy Olen, for petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Anthony P. Nicastro, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, with whom Kurt B. Larson, Attorney, Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, Office of the Immigration Litigation, were on brief for respondent.