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· 9/23/1991

Barbara Skalak v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Citations

  • 944 F.2d 364
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 22208
  • 1991 WL 185106

How courts have described this case

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  • determining that two three-day detentions involving interrogation but no injury did not constitute past persecution
  • finding no persecu- tion established where alien was jailed twice for interrogation and detained three days on each occasion
  • denial of asylum lawful where claimant jailed twice for interrogation, for three days each time, and harassed by officials at work

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Judges: Cummings, Posner, Manion

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