Jiri Melichar v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

990 F.2d 1258 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jiri MELICHAR, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 91-70410. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 3, 1993. * Decided March 22, 1993. Before EUGENE A. WRIGHT, CANBY and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Jiri Melichar, a native and citizen of the former Czechoslovakia, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") upholding an immigration judge's denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We deny the petition for review. 3 In September 1989, Melichar entered the United States as an officer aboard a Czechoslovak merchant marine ship. He deserted the ship in Louisiana and travelled to Seattle. In November 1989, Melichar filed an application for asylum and withholding of deportation in which he alleged that he had been persecuted in Czechoslovakia because of both his refusal to join the…