Legal Opinion

Azar Safaie v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 13, 1994No. 93-3541PublishedCited by 113 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Azar Safaie, a citizen of Iran, petitions for review of a final decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) denying her requests for asylum and for withholding of deportation under Sections 208 and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a), 1253(h) (1988 & Supp. II 1990). For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

Safaie arrived in the United States in December 1984 as a nonimmigrant visitor for pleasure and was authorized to remain until April 1985. She stayed beyond that time. In October 1987, the INS ordered Safaie to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. ACOSTABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1985
  3. Parastoo Fatin v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
  4. MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
  5. Luis Alonzo Sanchez-Trujillo, and Luis Armando Escobar-Nieto v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by113 opinions

  1. 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2252, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3751 Saideh Fisher, AKA Saideh Hassib-Tehrani Kian Hosseini Lavasani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  2. Joseph Ngure v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
  3. Rolando Augustine Castellano-Chacon v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
  4. Diego F. Castillo-Arias v. U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
  5. Mya Lwin v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998

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