Ram Lochan v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

21 F.3d 1114 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ram LOCHAN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70263. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 7, 1993. * Decided April 14, 1994. Before: TANG, TROTT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Ram Lochan, an ethnic Indian citizen of Fiji, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) upholding the Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of Lochan's petition for asylum and withholding of deportation. We deny the petition for review. I. 3 Ram Lochan came to the United States on March 1, 1988, to be with his wife who was receiving medical treatment in this country; she died one month after his arrival. In June, 1988, Lochan married a United States citizen, and then was later separated. The relative visa petition submitted on his behalf was withdrawn. 4 Lochan then filed an application for asylum and withholding of…