Mohammad Ali Shegeft v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

46 F.3d 1145 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Mohammad Ali SHEGEFT, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70273. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted: Jan. 11, 1995. * Decided: Jan. 19, 1995. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HALL and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Mohammad Ali Shegeft, a native and citzen of Iran, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") dismissal of his appeal of the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") decision finding him deportable and denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Shegeft contends that the BIA's adverse credibility determination was erroneous. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 3 We review the BIA's denial of asylum for abuse of discretion. Abedini v. INS, 971 F.2d 188, 191 (9th Cir. 1992). Credibility findings of the BIA are reviewed for substantial evidence.…