United States Fifth Circuit

An alien was not entitled to asylum or withholding of removal where he failed to show that danger arose from his persecutors' view of his political opinions or his membership in a group of land activists, or that the Honduran government would acquiesce in acts of torture. (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/13/2002
• Published 09/09/2002

Judges

• GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, WIENER and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Holley (argued), South Texas Pro BonoAsylum Representative Project, Harlingen, TX, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Clifford Cunningham (argued), Allen W. Hausman, Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Emily Anne Radford, Asst. Director, A. Ashley Tabaddor, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div. Imm. Lit., Washington, DC, E.M. Trominski, Dist. Director, U.S. INS, Harlingen, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S. INS, Attn: Joe A. Aguilar, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.