Luan Berisha v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

35 F.3d 570 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Luan BERISHA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70069. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 10, 1994. Decided Aug. 31, 1994. 1 Before: WIGGINS and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and EZRA, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 This case involves the impact of changing circumstances on asylum applications. One of the happy developments of recent years has been the disintegration of repressive regimes all over the world. Unfortunately, the positive changes are occasionally marred by resurgence of atavistic tendencies in certain areas. 4 Luan Berisha ("Petitioner"), an ethnic Albanian and native of the Kosovo region of Yugoslavia, applied for asylum in 1986. An immigration judge denied Petitioner's applications for asylum and withholding of deportation on February 4, 1988. Petitioner appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") eight days…