Raj Kumar Sandhi v. Immigration and Naturalization Services

56 F.3d 73 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Raj Kumar SANDHI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICES, Respondent. No. 93-70719. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 9, 1995. Decided June 1, 1995. Before: GOODWIN, SCHROEDER, and TASHIMA * , Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Raj Kumar Sandhi appeals from the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. He disputes the BIA's determination that his testimony was not credible, that his interrogation by the police was a legitimate prosecutorial act and that, in any event, he was ineligible for asylum because he failed to show a nationwide threat of persecution. Because Sandhi cannot overcome the adverse credibility findings by the BIA, we affirm. I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY 3 Raj Kumar Sandhi, a Sikh native and citizen of the Punjab, India, entered this country in August, 1991. On August 28, 1991,…