Appellate Law

CA1: Columbian petition denied

By S. COTUS

Restrepo Ruiz v. Mukasey, No. 07-1783.  This is an asylum and  political persecution case.  The petitioner is a Columbian who was anti-FARC and a member of Columbia?s conservative party.  FARC seems to have done some bad things.  However, Selya says that her ?persecution? wasn?t really because she was part of a social group with immutable characteristics.  Selya says that the evidence is that the hard times the petitioner experienced were motivated by ?greed? or a desire on the part of the FARC members to avoid capture.

Full post as published by Appellate Law and Practice on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).