Nadarajah Thavarajah v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

967 F.2d 591 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Nadarajah THAVARAJAH, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 91-70256. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 15, 1992. Decided June 11, 1992. Before HUG, SKOPIL and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Nadarajah Thavarajah petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. Pursuant to our jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a, we affirm the BIA's decision and deny the petition for review. 3 * Thavarajah is a 34-year old single, male native and citizen of Sri Lanka. He bases his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation on his minority status as a Tamil and a Hindu, and his alleged fear of persecution at the hands of the majority Sinhalese Buddhist government. 4 On September 26, 1984 (the "first hearing") and December 6, 1985 (the…