SHAHANDEH-PEY v. I.N.S.

No. 86-2890.

831 F.2d 1384 (1987)

Abdul Hamid SHAHANDEH-PEY, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rubman, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Jane A. Williams, Atty., Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Div. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and POSNER, Circuit Judge, and WILL, Senior District Judge.


WILL, Senior District Judge.

Abdul Hamid Shahandeh-Pey ("Shahandeh") petitions for review of a final decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("board") denying his application for political asylum under § 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (1982), and ordering him deported from the United States. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the Board's decision and remand for further proceedings.

I.

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