Mahmood Harati v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

65 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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Mahmood HARATI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70875. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 10, 1995. * Decided Aug. 24, 1995. Before: GIBSON, ** HUG and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 Mahmood Harati appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA's") final order of deportation. Harati contends that the BIA erred in: (i) affirming the immigration judge's ("IJ's") finding that Harati was not a credible witness; (ii) taking administrative notice of the U.S. State Department's Country Reports for a purpose other than that to which Harati agreed; and (iii) denying Harati asylum and withholding of deportation. We affirm. 3 Mahmood Harati contends that the discrepancies between his testimony and his application for asylum are too minor to bear upon his credibility and that the discrepancies exist only because Harati's testimony has been…