Prem Chand v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

21 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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Prem CHAND, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70538. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 8, 1994. Decided April 5, 1994. Before: POOLE, BEEZER, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * OVERVIEW 2 Prem Chand (Chand) appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. The parties are familiar with the facts so we need not restate them here. DISCUSSION 3 A. Past Persecution. 4 Chand was assaulted by Fijian military personnel one Sunday in June, 1987. The BIA's determination that this incident did not constitute past persecution is supported by the record. Chand admitted he was stopped by military personnel because he was violating a Sunday work curfew. Chand does not contend the Sunday work curfew was not applied to all Fijians, and thus, we assume it was. An alien…