Kamal Benlitifah, Zenab Zriba v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

28 F.3d 104 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Kamal BENLITIFAH, Zenab Zriba, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70040. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 10, 1994. Decided June 17, 1994. 1 Before: WIGGINS, THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, EZRA * , District Judge, sitting by designation. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Petitioners Kamal Benlitifah ("Petitioner") and his wife Zenab Zriba (collectively "Petitioners") appeal the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision to reject their claims for asylum, withholding of deportation, and suspension of deportation. FACTS 4 Petitioner came to the United States in 1978 to study, on a scholarship from the Libyan government. He returned to Libya in 1981 to get married and reentered the United States in November of that year. His wife returned to Libya briefly in 1982, and was questioned. Beginning in 1983, Petitioner experienced some friction with the coordinator…