CRUZ-DIAZ v. U.S. I.N.S.

No. 94-1865.

86 F.3d 330 (1996)

Carlos Enrique CRUZ-DIAZ, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1996.

As Amended May 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jeremy A. Litt, Third Year Law Student, International Human Rights Clinic, Washington College of Law, The American University, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Terri J. Lavi, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department Of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Loreto Geisse, Third Year Law Student, Richard Wilson, International Human Rights Clinic, Washington College of Law, The American University, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Ellen Sue Shapiro, Richard M. Evans, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department Of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, WIDENER, Circuit Judge, and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Carlos Cruz-Diaz seeks review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming the decision of the immigration judge and denying him political asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1158. We deny the petition.

Cruz-Diaz is a citizen of El Salvador who entered the United States without inspection on September 22, 1992, at the age of 15. He...

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