FRANCOIS v. I.N.S.

No. 01-1233.

283 F.3d 926 (2002)

Sihin Hadera FRANCOIS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert A. Igbanugo, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Francis W. Fraser, U.S. Justice Dept., argued, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before: BYE, RICHARD S. ARNOLD and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


BYE, Circuit Judge.

Sihin Hadera Francois, a native and citizen of Eritrea, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing her appeal from an Immigration Judge's denial of her request for asylum and withholding of deportation. For the reasons stated below, we deny the petition.

I.

A. Procedural Background

Francois entered the United States on October 7, 1987, as a nonimmigrant student to attend Brown...

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