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BRIONES v. I.N.S.

No. 97-70321.

175 F.3d 727 (1999)

Tomas Tabisula BRIONES, aka Thomas Tabisula Briones, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert M. Vega, San Francisco, California, for petitioner Tomas Tabisula Briones.

Donald E. Keener, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Before: HUG, Chief Judge, and BROWNING, SCHROEDER, PREGERSON, REINHARDT, O'SCANNLAIN, TROTT, KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, THOMAS, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

Tomas Briones, a professional artist from the Philippines, asks us to grant his petition for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying his request for political asylum and withholding of deportation under sections 208(a) and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a), 1253(h) (1982 & Supp.1998). He claims the evidence he presented to...

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