Date: 19990217
Docket: IMM-2533-98
BETWEEN:
OLAYO MEJIA-VILLALOBOS
ROSA-AIDA VENTURA-DIAZ
Applicants
- and -
THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
McGILLIS J.
[1] Despite the able submissions of counsel for the applicant, I have not been persuaded that it was patently unreasonable for the Immigration and Refugee Board ("Board") to conclude, on the basis of the evidence in the record, that the applicant's fear of persecution was not linked to one of the grounds in the Convention refugee definition. In particular, I am satisfied that it was reasonably open to the Board, on the basis of the evidence adduced, to find that the applicant's fear was caused by a "highly personalized reason", namely his employer's desire for revenge, and not by reason of his "political opinion or membership in a particular social group". In the circumstances, my intervention in this matter is not warranted.
[2] The application for judicial review is dismissed. The case raises no serious question of general importance.
"D. McGillis"
Judge
Toronto, Ontario
February 17, 1999
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
Names of Counsel and Solicitors of Record
COURT NO: IMM-2533-98
| STYLE OF CAUSE: OLAYO MEJIA-VILLALOBOS |
| ROSA-AIDA VENTURA-DIAZ |
- and -
| THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION |
DATE OF HEARING: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1999
PLACE OF HEARING: TORONTO, ONTARIO
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY: McGILLIS J.
DATED: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1999
APPEARANCES: Ms. Audrey Campbell
For the Applicants
Mr. Godwin Friday
For the Respondent
SOLICITORS OF RECORD: South Etobicoke Community Legal Services
| Barristers & Solicitors |
| 2970 Lakeshore Blvd. West, Suite 303 |
| Toronto, Ontario |
| M8V 1J5 |
| For the Applicants |
Morris Rosenberg
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
For the Respondent
FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA
Date: 19990217
Docket: IMM-2533-98
Between:
| OLAYO MAJIA-VILLALOBOS |
| ROSA-AIDA VENTURA-DIAZ |
Applicants
- and -
| THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION |
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT