Sasan Sheikhvand v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

50 F.3d 16 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Sasan SHEIKHVAND, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70784. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 6, 1995. * Decided March 15, 1995. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HUG and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Sasan Sheikhvand ("Sheikhvand") petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming the immigration judge's denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 3 Sheikhvand is a native and citizen of Iran, who entered the United States on a nonimmigrant visitor's visa in 1986. On May 26, 1989, the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") issued an Order to Show Cause, charging Sheikhvand with deportability as an alien who overstayed his nonimmigrant visa. Sheikhvand conceded deportability, but applied…