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MAROUFI v. I.N.S.

No. 83-7819.

772 F.2d 597 (1985)

Mortaza Vaez MAROUFI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack I. Kaiser, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner.

Marshall T. Golding, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before WALLACE, ALARCON, and NELSON, Circuit Judges.

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

Mortaza Maroufi seeks review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (hereinafter the BIA) denying his motion to reopen deportation proceedings for consideration of his request for asylum and withholding of deportation made pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158, 1253(h). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

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Maroufi, a native and citizen of Iran, entered...

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