FARBAKHSH v. I.N.S.

No. 93-1176.

20 F.3d 877 (1994)

Kiumars FARBAKHSH, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Merlin, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for appellant.

David V. Bernal, Washington, DC, argued, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, LAY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Kiumars Farbakhsh seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his application for asylum pursuant to § 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (hereinafter INA or the Act), 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (1988).1 Matter of Farbakhsh, No. A28-384-574, 1989 WL 331872 (BIA Nov. 18, 1992). For reversal, petitioner argues the Board abused its discretion in failing to apply the proper standard...

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