Raj Kumar Sindhu v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

66 F.3d 336 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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 SINDHU, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70056. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 9, 1995. Decided Sept. 13, 1995. Before: GOODWIN and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and TASHIMA, * District Judge. MEMORANDUM ** Petitioner-appellant Raj Kumar Sindhu ("Sindhu") is a Sikh from India who entered the United State without inspection. He conceded deportability and filed an application 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 (h). The Immigration Judge ("IJ") denied Sindhu's application for asylum and withholding. Singh appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), which affirmed the denial of his application. This appeal raises the same questions of law we recently decided in Harpinder Singh v. Ilchert, --- F.3d ----, 1995 WL 502906 (9th Cir. Aug.…