Bashar Satoot v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

24 F.3d 249 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Bashar SATOOT, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70497. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 11, 1994. * Decided May 16, 1994. Before: HUG, D.W. NELSON, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Bashar Satoot, a native and citizen of Syria, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") dismissal of his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision finding him deportable as charged and denying his (1) application for asylum and withholding of deportation, and (2) alternative application for voluntary departure. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we deny the petition for review. 3 * Asylum 4 This court reviews for abuse of discretion the BIA's denial of asylum under section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("Act"). Berroteran-Melendez v. INS, 955 F.2d 1251, 1255 (9th…