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DWOMOH v. SAVA

No. 88 CV 6083 (KMW).

696 F.Supp. 970 (1988)

Nana Asante DWOMOH, Petitioner, v. Charles C. SAVA, as the District Director of the New York District of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondent.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, for petitioner.

Timothy Mac Fall, Sp. Asst., Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., New York City, for respondent.

OPINION

KIMBA M. WOOD, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Petitioner challenges a determination of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying petitioner political asylum. The BIA's determination is based on its interpretation of the definition of "refugee" in the Refugee Act of 1980 (the "Act"); the BIA interprets that definition to deny refugee status to an individual who supported a coup d...

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