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SOFINET v. INS

No. 98-2853.

196 F.3d 742 (1999)

Ioan SOFINET, Petitioner-Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Y. Judd Azulay (argued), Azulay and Azulay, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Kristen A. Giuffreda, Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, William J. Howard (argued), Margaret J. Perry, DOJ, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before ESCHBACH, FLAUM, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Ioan Sofinet, a native and citizen of Romania, seeks review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), which dismissed his appeal and issued a final order of deportation. Sofinet contends that the BIA failed to properly credit evidence that he suffered persecution because of his religion (Seventh Day Adventist) and that he has a well-founded fear of future persecution from Romanian government authorities. We deny Sofinet's petition...

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