Hamid Bahramnia v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Because the Board of Immigration Appeals did not abuse its discretion in denying Hamid Bahramnia’s motion to reopen his deportation proceeding on the ground that he had failed to make a prima facie showing of his eligibility for asylum or withholding of deportation, we deny his petition for review.

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Bahramnia, a thirty-five year old Iranian citizen, entered the United States six years ago on a tourist visa that expired September 1, 1979. In July 1979, he applied for a change of his tourist status to that of a nonimmigrant student, requesting permission to stay in…