Kamalawathie Surasingha Wijerathe v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

12 F.3d 1111 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Kamalawathie Surasingha WIJERATHE, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70036. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 8, 1993. Decided Nov. 19, 1993. 1 Before: FLETCHER and D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and HUBERT L. WILL, * Senior District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Kamalawathie Surasingha Wijerathe filed applications for asylum and withholding of deportation, and in the alternative requested voluntary departure. An Immigration Judge (IJ) denied the applications on the basis of a finding that Wijerathe's documentary evidence and testimony were not credible. The IJ also denied voluntary departure. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirmed. Wijerathe seeks review. 4 We have jurisdiction to review orders of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105 (a). We affirm the denial of asylum and witholding of deportation, but reverse the denial of…