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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 12 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Nkacoang v. Immigration & Naturalization Service.

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1 Nkacoang v. Immigration & Naturalization Service Anchor
ca11 · 1996
green “if an applicant is unable to meet the 'well-founded fear' standard for asylum, he is generally precluded from qualifying for either asylum or withholding of deportation.” 6
2 Lorisme v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
ca11 · 1997
green “no basis for believing that the haitian government has any interest in him today, eight years after the supposed arrest” 3
3 Hardev Singh v. Robert Moschorak, District Director, United States Immigration and Naturalization Service Immigration and Naturalization Service
ca9 · 1995
green “we have recognized that where there was a danger of persecution in a single village from guerrillas who knew the petitioner, and no showing of such danger elsewhere in the country, the petitioner failed to establish eligibility for asylum” 3

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