context: Simply because Perez's father was, at one point, a member of the Guatemalan military does not mandate the conclusion that his killers fifteen years later acted based on assumptions about his political opinion. Nor do the threatening notes received by Perez's sister require the conclusion that some political opinion will be imputed to Perez or that he will be targeted as a child of a member of the Guatemalan military, because there is no evidence indicating who wrote the notes or why the author targeted Perez's sister.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 103 F.3d 1482, 1489
citation_a.parenthetical: "To establish an imputed political opinion, the applicant must show that his persecutors actually imputed a political opinion to him."
citation_a.sentence: See Singh, 406 F.3d at 196-97 (noting that, in cases concerning imputed political opinion, “[t]he focus is ... on whether this attribution [of political opinion to the applicant for asylum] has in fact occurred.”); see also Sangha v. INS, 103 F.3d 1482, 1489 (9th Cir.1997) (“To establish an imputed political opinion, the applicant must show that his persecutors actually imputed a political opinion to him.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 406 F.3d 196, 196-97
citation_b.parenthetical: noting that, in cases concerning imputed political opinion, "[t]he focus is ... on whether this attribution [of political opinion to the applicant for asylum] has in fact occurred."
citation_b.sentence: See Singh, 406 F.3d at 196-97 (noting that, in cases concerning imputed political opinion, “[t]he focus is ... on whether this attribution [of political opinion to the applicant for asylum] has in fact occurred.”); see also Sangha v. INS, 103 F.3d 1482, 1489 (9th Cir.1997) (“To establish an imputed political opinion, the applicant must show that his persecutors actually imputed a political opinion to him.”).