Israel Anele Onwuchuruba v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

28 F.3d 107 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Israel Anele ONWUCHURUBA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70076. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 15, 1994. Decided July 13, 1994. Before: HUG, SCHROEDER, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Petitioner Israel Anele Onwuchuruba ("petitioner") appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("Board" or "BIA") decision affirming the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105 (a), and we affirm. BACKGROUND 3 Petitioner, a thirty-six year old native of Nigeria, arrived in the United States in March, 1988, on a two-months' visitor's visa. In February, 1989, petitioner's application for permanent resident status was denied, and he was served with an Order to Show Cause as to why he should not be deported. At the subsequent…