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TORRES v. I.N.S.

No. 97-1564.

144 F.3d 472 (1998)

Ramon E. TORRES, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 14, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Buchele, Tamara S. Klein, David A. Suess, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Chicago, IL, David M. McConnell, Joan E. Smiley, Karen Fletcher Torstenson, Kristal A. Marlow, Michelle Gluck, Linda S. Wendtland, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The petitioner, a citizen of Guatemala, came to the United States in 1989 on a visitor's visa. Wanting to remain, he made a sham marriage with an American citizen and applied for permanent residency in the United States. The nature of the marriage was discovered, and his application for permanent residency denied. He then petitioned for political asylum and withholding of deportation. These requests were denied, along with his request for voluntary...

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