The following excerpt is from Molina-Estrada v. I.N.S., 281 F.3d 906 (9th Cir. 2002):
Petitioner first contends that the attack on the family home and the subsequent threats constituted persecution on account of his father's political opinion, which was imputed to him. "To establish imputed political opinion, `an applicant must show that his persecutors actually imputed a political opinion to him.'" Navas
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v. INS, 217 F.3d 646, 659 (9th Cir.2000) (quoting Sangha, 103 F.3d at 1489).
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