BARAPIND v. RENO

No. 99-16668.

225 F.3d 1100 (2000)

Kulvir Singh BARAPIND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Janet RENO, Attorney General, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Snell, San Francisco, CA, and Jagdip Singh Sekhon, San Francisco, CA, for appellant Kulvir Singh Barapind.

Christine A. Bither, Washington D.C., for appellee Janet Reno.

Before: LAY, and D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judges, and THOMAS, Circuit Judge.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

We confront the question of whether the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") may hold the adjudication of petitioner's asylum application in abeyance pending the resolution of his parallel extradition proceedings in federal district court. We conclude that the BIA may do so, and affirm the judgment of the district court, albeit on different grounds.

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On April 25, 1993, the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") detained...

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