TAMAS-MERCEA v. RENO

No. 99-3155.

222 F.3d 417 (2000)

Teodor TAMAS-MERCEA, Petitioner, v. Janet RENO and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royal F. Berg (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Janet Reno, U.S. attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney General, Washington, DC, Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, I.N.S., Chicago, IL, Michelle E. Gorden, Earle Wilson (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE and LLANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Teodor TamasMercea, seeks review of an adverse decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying his requests for asylum, withholding of deportation, and voluntary departure. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we dismiss Mr. Tamas' request for voluntary departure, deny the remainder of his petition for review, and affirm the decision of the Board of Immigration...

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