ROMANI v. I.N.S.

No. 97-70578.

146 F.3d 737 (1998)

Sami Heshmat ROMANI, Sally Khalil Ibrahim, and Sara Sami Romani, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sami Heshmat Romani, Huntington Beach, CA, pro se.

Francis W. Fraser, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before: FLETCHER, D.W. NELSON and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners Sami Heshmat Romani, his wife Sally Khalil Ibrahim, and their daughter Sara Sami Romani, Coptic Christians from Egypt, claim past persecution by militant Muslim organizations on account of their religious beliefs. They appeal the BIA's decision upholding the IJ's order of deportation in absentia and denial of their motion to reopen. The Romanis, now acting pro se, argue that they were...

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