Karol Sawicki v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

70 F.3d 1279 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Karol SAWICKI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70695. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 17, 1995. * Decided Dec. 1, 1995. Before: WRIGHT, FERNANDEZ and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Petitioner's first argument is that the IJ and BIA ignored his evidence of persecution. We review the BIA decision, not the IJ's. Castillo v. INS, 951 F.2d 1117, 1120 (9th Cir.1991). The BIA did not ignore Mr. Sawicki's evidence. They examined it carefully, and said they found it insufficiently corroborated and lacking in substance. "Reversal is warranted only where the evidence presented was so compelling that no reasonable factfinder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution." Acewicz v. INS, 984 F.2d 1056, 1061 (9th Cir.1993). Mr. Sawicki presented some evidence of persecution for political opinion under the old government, but there was…