Alemayehu Habte v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

26 F.3d 130 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Alemayehu HABTE, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70472. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 8, 1994. * Decided May 19, 1994. Before: BROWNING, PREGERSON and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** I. OVERVIEW 2 Alemayehu Habte petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals's decision denying his applications for political asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105 (a)(1). We find that Mr. Habte has failed to demonstrate persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of his political beliefs, and we therefore deny the petition for review. II. BACKGROUND 3 Mr. Habte, a citizen and native of Ethiopia, left his homeland in 1983 on a government sponsored scholarship for advanced study in Yugoslavia. He was one of just a few students who received official permission from the…