Nasrin Hashemi v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

57 F.3d 1077 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Nasrin HASHEMI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-71051. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 11, 1995. Decided June 5, 1995. 1 Before: HALL and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and HOGAN, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Nasrin Hashemi petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), affirming the immigration judge's finding Hashemi deportable pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 (a)(1)(B) and denying her applications for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1158 and 1253(h). The petitioner claims that she is entitled to asylum and withholding of deportation, on the basis that she has established both a well-founded fear and a clear probability of persecution. 4 The petitioner testified that her fear was well-founded on the basis of her family's anti-government stance: 1. Hashemi was a member…