Adam Klusek v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

28 F.3d 106 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Adam KLUSEK, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70219. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 10, 1994. * Decided June 17, 1994. 1 Before: WIGGINS, THOMPSON, Circuit Judges and EZRA, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** FACTS 3 Adam Klusek ("Petitioner"), while in Alaska to join a Polish fishing vessel, abandoned his assignment and filed for asylum in the United States. In his April 24, 1989, asylum application, he claimed that he had a well-founded fear of persecution if he returned to Poland due to his association with the Solidarity movement that was, at the time, clashing with the Communist regime in power in Poland. Petitioner described having been detained and abused by the Polish police for his Solidarity activities, including having fingers intentionally broken by the police. Not long after Petitioner's defection, however, the balance of power…