GAILIUS v. I.N.S.

No. 97-2283.

147 F.3d 34 (1998)

Irmantas GAILIUS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Kaplan, with whom Maureen O'Sullivan, Jeremiah Friedman, Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, LLP, Herbert Epstein and International Institute of Boston were on brief, for petitioner.

Timothy P. McIlmail, with whom Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Norah Ascoli Schwarz, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Francesco Isgro, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, were on brief, for respondent.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Irmantas Gailius petitions for relief from the denial of his claims for asylum and withholding of deportation. Gailius fled his native Lithuania in 1990, when that country was part of the Soviet Union, because he feared the Soviet authorities would persecute him for his activities in support of democracy and Lithuanian independence. Lithuania became independent and has held two elections that international observers have certified as free and...

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