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LATA v. I.N.S.

No. 98-70814.

204 F.3d 1241 (2000)

Shobna Chandar LATA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neville Asherson, John C. Varga, Law Offices of Asherson & Klein, Beverly Hills, California, for the petitioner.

David W. Ogden, Karen Fletcher Torstenson, Donald A. Couvillon, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: WIGGINS, O'SCANNLAIN, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether substantial evidence exists to support the Board of Immigration Appeals' adoption of an Immigration Judge's decision to deny an Indo-Fijian's petition for asylum.

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Shobna Chandar Lata entered the United States on a six-month tourist visa on November 15, 1992. Upon arriving in this country, she filed an application for asylum with the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"). In that application...

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