95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6601, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11,313 Harpinder Singh, Petitioner-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. David Ilchert, District Director, Ins, Respondent-Appellee-Cross-Appellant

63 F.3d 1501 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6601 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11,313 Harpinder SINGH, Petitioner-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. David ILCHERT, District Director, INS, Respondent-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. Nos. 94-15110, 94-15111. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 9, 1995. Decided Aug. 22, 1995. Ellen Sue Shapiro, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, and John B. Bartos, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, CA, for respondent-appellee-cross-appellant. Robert B. Jobe, Jobe & Belrod, San Francisco, CA, for petitioner-appellant-cross-appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: GOODWIN and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and TASHIMA * , District Judge. OPINION SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 Petitioner-appellee Harpinder Singh is a Sikh who attempted to enter this country illegally from India. He filed a habeas corpus petition in district court after the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") deemed him excludable and denied his applications for asylum pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1101 (a) & 1158(a) and withholding of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1253…