95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8480, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,627 Surinder Singh v. David N. Ilchert, District Director of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

69 F.3d 375 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8480 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,627 Surinder SINGH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. David N. ILCHERT, District Director of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondent-Appellee. No. 94-17162. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 16, 1995. * Decided Nov. 1, 1995. Robert B. Jobe, Jobe & Melrod, San Francisco, California, for petitioner-appellant. Ellen Sue Shapiro, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before PREGERSON, FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges, and McLAUGHLIN, District Judge. ** PER CURIAM: 1 Surinder Pal Singh, a native of Punjab, India, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for habeas corpus brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254 and section 106(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(b). Singh contends that the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") erred in denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Secs. 1291 and 2253. We affirm in part,…