Stanislaw Grochowski v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

972 F.2d 1339 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Stanislaw GROCHOWSKI, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 91-70322. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 21, 1992. * Decided Aug. 26, 1992. Before HUG, D.W. NELSON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Stanislaw Grochowski, a Polish national, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) dismissal of his appeal from the Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of his application for political asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a) and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. § 1253 (h). The IJ and BIA concluded that Grochowski failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution. The BIA also rejected Grochowski's claim that his due process rights were violated because he was not represented by counsel at his hearing before the IJ. We affirm. 3 The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended by the Refugee Act of 1980,…