Seyed Hojjad Azimi-Osmavandani, Maryam Seddigh-Abdullahi v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Opinion
Opinion
942 F.2d 790 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Seyed Hojjad AZIMI-OSMAVANDANI, Maryam Seddigh-Abdullahi, Petitioners, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 90-70219. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 13, 1991. Decided Aug. 22, 1991. Before FARRIS, BOOCHEVER and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Seyed Hojjad Azimi-Osmavandani and Maryam Seddigh-Abdullahi, husband and wife, petition for review of the denial of their application for withholding of deportation under § 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1253 (h) (1988), and political asylum under § 208(a) of the Refugee Act of 1980, 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a) (1988). The Board of Immigration Appeals reversed the immigration judge's grant of withholding of deportation and affirmed the immigration judge's denial of asylum. The BIA based its decision on grounds not considered by the immigration judge and not…