Yonathan Kahssai v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

42 F.3d 1400 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Yonathan KAHSSAI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-71027. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 1, 1994. Decided Nov. 14, 1994. 1 Before: WRIGHT, BEEZER, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM * 3 Yonathan Kahssai petitions for review of the ruling of the Board of Immigration Appeals which affirmed the Immigration Judge's denial of his application for asylum. The BIA agreed with the IJ's finding that Kahssai had not presented sufficient evidence of either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. We deny the petition. DISCUSSION 4 1. Kahssai incorrectly asserts that the BIA took administrative notice of the change in government in Ethiopia since his departure. In fact, the BIA did rely on evidence in the record that the Mengistu government had fallen but declined to take administrative notice of further changes…