POP v. I.N.S.

No. 00-3962.

279 F.3d 457 (2002)

Marcel POP, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott D. Pollock (argued), Pollack & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Jennifer Giambastiani, INS, Chicago, IL, Nancy E. Friedman (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Immigration Lit., Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Marcel Pop, a thirty-five-year-old native and citizen of Romania, sought asylum as a political refugee. The immigration judge ("IJ") denied Pop's application for asylum, and Pop appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), seeking a remand and alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The BIA denied Pop's appeal because Pop was not prejudiced by his counsel's allegedly deficient performance. We affirm.

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