Meheret Fanta Hailu v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

39 F.3d 1187 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Meheret Fanta HAILU, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70683. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 5, 1994. * Decided Oct. 26, 1994. Before: LAY, ** TROTT and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 Meheret Fanta Hailu, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, filed a petition for asylum under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1158 (a) and for withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1253 (h). His petition was denied by an immigration judge (IJ). The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denied his appeal. On appeal, he claims the BIA erred in adopting the IJ's decision rather than writing a detailed report of its own conclusions from the record. More substantively, Hailu also claims there was not substantial evidence to support the denial of his claim for asylum. The BIA had jurisdiction to review the IJ's decision under 8 C.F.R. Sec. 3.1(b)(2). This court has…