Khaled Hajeissa v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

59 F.3d 175 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Khaled HAJEISSA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70951. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 14, 1995. Decided June 19, 1995. Before: GOODWIN, FARRIS, KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Khaled Hajeissa, a Palestinian from Syria, appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of his request for asylum and withholding of deportation. Because substantial evidence supports the BIA's holding, we affirm. I. 3 Hajeissa is the son of a Palestinian father and a Syrian mother. He was born in Syria and lived there until his departure in 1982, although he was not a Syrian citizen. In 1981, after completing his studies in architecture at Damascus University, Hajeissa was drafted into the Syrian army as a lieutenant. He was placed in command of a 12-member platoon to set land mines. 4 Shortly thereafter, Hajeissa says he learned…