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REFAHIYAT v. U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE I.N.S.

No. 93-9544.

29 F.3d 553 (1994)

Kamal REFAHIYAT, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 8, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simon M. Azar-Farr, Azar-Farr & Ret, San Antonio, TX, for petitioner.

Alexander H. Shapiro, Office of Immigration Litigation Civil Div., Dept. of Justice (Frank W. Hunger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Div. and Mark C. Walters, Acting Asst. Director, Office of Immigration Litigation Civil Div., were with him on the brief), Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before TACHA and BRORBY, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior District Judge.

WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.

This is a petition for review of the order of deportation entered by the Board of Immigration Appeals in connection with the status of Kamal Refahiyat, a native and citizen of Iran. The issue presented is whether the Board properly exercised its discretion in denying petitioner's motion to remand the matter for the purpose of considering his conversion to Christianity and his request for asylum.

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