Kiumars Farbakhsh v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Kiumars Farbakhsh seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his application for asylum pursuant to § 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (hereinafter INA or the Act), 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (1988). 1 Matter of Farbakhsh, No. A28-384-574,1989 WL 331872 (BIA Nov. 18, 1992). For reversal, petitioner argues the Board abused its discretion in failing to apply the proper standard of law in determining whether' he had firmly resettled in Spain prior to seeking, asylum in the United States and in requiring him to demonstrate compelling equities in…