SURITA v. I.N.S.

No. 95-70210.

95 F.3d 814 (1996)

Rina Kumari SURITA, a.k.a. Rina Kumari; Afzal Yunas, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne B. Friedman and Thomas L. Hiester, Daly City, CA, for petitioners.

Lisa M. Arnold (argued), and Christine Bither (on the briefs), Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before: PREGERSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and WINMILL, District Judge.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners Rina Kumari Surita ("Surita") and her minor son, Afzal Yunas ("Yunas"), ethnic Indian citizens of Fiji, petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA" or "Board"). The BIA affirmed an immigration judge's denial of Surita's and Yunas's application for asylum and withholding of deportation, finding them statutorily ineligible for such relief from deportation under Sections 208(a) and 243(h) of the Immigration...

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