Legal Opinion
Masoud Mahini v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1986No. 85-7127PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Masoud Mahini appeals an order from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. The BIA denied Mahini’s asylum claim and determined that he was ineligible for withholding of deportation. We deny the petition for review.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
Petitioner Masoud Mahini, a citizen and native of Iran, was given lawful permanent residence in the United States on September 6, 1979, after having entered this country as a student in December 1977. Mahini was convicted on October 20, 1980, in the United States…
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