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RIVERA-CRUZ v. I.N.S.

No. 91-4007 Summary Calendar.

948 F.2d 962 (1991)

Gonzalo RIVERA-CRUZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred L. Hansen, New Orleans, La., for petitioner.

Richard Thornburgh, Atty. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Norah Ascoli Schwarz, Mark C. Walters, Asst. Dir., Civ. Div., Office of Immigration Litigation, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

John B.Z. Caplinger, Dist. Director, INS, New Orleans, La., for other interested parties.

Before POLITZ, KING, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 3, 1992.

KING, Circuit Judge:

Gonzalo Rivera-Cruz ("Rivera") appeals from an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") denying his requests for asylum and withholding of deportation. Finding that the Board did not abuse its discretion in denying Rivera's requests, we affirm.

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