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ABANKWAH v. I.N.S.

Docket No. 98-4304.

185 F.3d 18 (1999)

Adelaide ABANKWAH, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon W. Rauchway, New York, New York (David R. Jewell, Dennis M. LaRochelle, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on the brief), for Petitioner.

Meredith E. Kotler, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Diogenes P. Kekatos and Steven M. Haber, Assistant United States Attorneys on the brief), for Respondent.

Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, JACOBS, Circuit Judge and SWEET, District Judge.

SWEET, District Judge:

This appeal concerns the proof required to establish that an illegal alien is eligible for asylum under Section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the "Act"). 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a) (1994). Adelaide Abankwah ("Abankwah"), a native of Ghana, petitions for review of an order of deportation and a denial of applications for asylum and withholding of deportation by the Immigration and Naturalization...

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