Hany Yalda Kourkes v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

17 F.3d 395 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Hany Yalda KOURKES, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70471. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 1, 1994. * Decided Feb. 9, 1994. Before: SNEED, THOMPSON and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Hany Yalda Kourkes petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals upholding the immigration judge's denial of asylum under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1254 (a)(1). We deny review. DISCUSSION 3 The immigration judge found that Kourkes did not establish a reasonable basis for his fear of persecution. The BIA agreed. It determined Kourkes had failed to show a reasonable possibility of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, if he is returned to Iraq, his native country. 4 Kourkes argues he will be persecuted because he is a Chaldean Christian in a Muslim nation.…