CAMPOS-GUARDADO v. I.N.S.

No. 86-4087.

809 F.2d 285 (1987)

Sofia CAMPOS-GUARDADO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol L. Wolchok, Political Asylum Project of the ACLU of the Nat. Capital Area, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Eloise Rosas, Robert L. Bombough, Dir., Office of Immigration Litigation, Madelyn E. Johnson, Civil Div., Allen W. Hausman, Asst. Director, Richard M. Evans, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Paul B. O'Neill, Dist. Director, INS, Houston, Tex., David H. Lambert, Dist. Director, INS, New Orleans, La., for other interested parties.

Before GEE and HILL, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 9, 1987.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Sofia Campos-Guardado appeals the denial of her requests for withholding of deportation and asylum by the Board of Immigration Appeals. She also appeals the Board's grant of only twelve days in which to depart voluntarily. We conclude that the Board did not err in construing the terms of the pertinent statutory provisions and that the record reflects substantial evidence to support the...

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