U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2002

Pena v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided March 18, 2002

31 F. App'x 532

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Even if we were to find the determination of the Bureau of Immigration Appeals concerning petitioner’s credibility to be inadequate, Pena’s petition must be denied because the INS offered a preponderance of evidence attesting that conditions in El Salvador “have changed to such an extent that the applicant no longer has a well-founded fear of being persecuted if he ... were to return.” Lal v. INS, 255 F.3d 998, 1002 (9th Cir. 2001).

PETITION DENIED.

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