Legal Opinion
Shobna Chandar Lata v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 8, 2000No. 98-70814PublishedCited by 1,415 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether substantial evidence exists to support the Board of Immigration Appeals’ adoption of an Immigration Judge’s decision to deny an Indo-Fijian’s petition for asylum.
I
Shobna Chandar Lata entered the United States on a six-month tourist visa on November 15, 1992. Upon arriving in this country, she filed an application for asylum with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”). In that application, she alleged that she suffered racial and religious persecution in Fiji. Specifically, she described one episode in which a group of Fijian youths…
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