Legal Opinion
Bharat Bhatt v. Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States, and Brian Perryman, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 30, 1999No. 98-2730PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Bharat Bhatt, a Hindu and a native and citizen of India, seeks review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his application for asylum. Bhatt contends that the BIA lacked substantial evidence for its decision because it failed to properly credit evidence that he had suffered persecution on account of his religion and that he fears retaliation from Hindu radicals on account of his aid to Moslems during the 1992-93 riots in India. We deny Bhatt’s petition for review and affirm the decision of the BIA.
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Bharat Bhatt, a 34-year old Hindu male, is…
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