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SIVAAINKARAN v. I.N.S.

No. 91-2728.

972 F.2d 161 (1992)

Chelvadurai SIVAAINKARAN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Miller, Richard Stavins (argued), Robbins, Salomon, Wolf, Schlesinger & Miller, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Ira H. Raphaelson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Chicago, Ill., Lori L. Scialabba, David V. Bernal, Charles E. Pazar (argued), Robert Kendall, Jr., Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Richard L. Thornburg, U.S. Atty. Gen., Office of U.S., Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., A.D. Moyer, Michael L. Harper, Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, I.N.S., Chicago, Ill., for respondent.

Before COFFEY, FLAUM, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Chelvadurai Sivaainkaran asks us to set aside a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a), 1153(h). For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we deny the petition for review.

I.

Sivaainkaran is a 30-year old citizen of Sri Lanka, an island nation off the coast of India which has been embroiled for decades...

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