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FATIN v. I.N.S.

No. 92-3346.

12 F.3d 1233 (1993)

Parastoo FATIN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence H. Rudnick (argued), Christina Aborlleile, Steel & Rudnick, Philadelphia, PA, for petitioner.

Stuart M. Gerson, Carl H. McIntyre, Jr. (argued), Carl W. Hampe, Lauri Steven Filppu, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Nancy Kelly, Deborah E. Anker, John Willshire-Carrera, Chin-Chin Yeh, Cambridge, MA, Gail Pendleton, Boston, MA, for amici curiae.

Before: STAPLETON and ALITO, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

Parastoo Fatin has petitioned for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the "Board" or "BIA") requiring her to depart or be deported from the United States. Arguing that she has a well-founded fear of persecution and that she is likely to be persecuted if she returns to her native country of Iran, the petitioner contends that the Board erred in holding that she is not entitled to asylum, withholding...

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