SINGH v. I.N.S.

No. 96-70930.

134 F.3d 962 (1998)

Brijmati SINGH, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M.A. Burgess and Suzanne B. Friedman, Law Office of John M.A. Burgess, San Francisco, California, for the petitioner.

F. Franklin Amanat and Ethan B. Kanter, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before: GOODWIN and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and RHOADES, District Judge.


RHOADES, District Judge:

I. Overview

Petitioner Brijmati Singh, a native and citizen of Fiji, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. For the reasons stated below, we deny the Petition.

II. Background

A. Events in Fiji

The population of Fiji is roughly evenly divided between ethnic Fijians (the majority

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