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HUAMAN-CORNELIO v. BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS

No. 92-1201.

979 F.2d 995 (1992)

Jhonny A. HUAMAN-CORNELIO, Petitioner, v. BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex B. Wingerter, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Norah Ascoli Schwarz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., (Stuart M. Gerson, Atty. Gen., David J. Kline, Asst. Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Charles E. Hamilton, III, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief), for respondent.

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner in this case contests the denial of his application for asylum by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). The immigration judge ("IJ") had ruled in petitioner's favor on the asylum claim, and petitioner contends chiefly that subsequent panels of review must pay that initial ruling substantial deference. We think, however, that petitioner would accord more weight to the IJ's finding than the law compels or even...

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