Otokar Grohmann v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

2 F.3d 1156 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Otokar GROHMANN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 91-70677. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 6, 1993. * Decided Aug. 10, 1993. Before: SCHROEDER, FLETCHER and ALARCON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Otokar Grohmann, a native of Czechoslovakia, appeals the BIA's summary dismissal of his appeal from the IJ's denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Because summary dismissal was appropriate, we affirm. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY 3 Otokar Grohmann is a 29-year-old native of Czechoslovakia. At his asylum hearing, he testified that he was raised in Senica, a town of 16,000 in Slovakia, where he and his family were not permitted to practice their Catholic faith. In February 1988, Grohmann attended a peaceful demonstration in support of religious freedom and was reading a pamphlet when police took him into custody.…