Zbigniew Zylewicz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

73 F.3d 372 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Zbigniew ZYLEWICZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70024. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 19, 1995. * Decided Dec. 29, 1995. Before: SNEED, TROTT and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Zbigniew Zylewicz, a native and citizen of Poland, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) order affirming the immigration judge's (IJ) decision denying Zylewicz's applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We review the BIA's denial of asylum for abuse of discretion, Acewicz v. INS, 984 F.2d 1056, 1059 (9th Cir.1993), and we deny the petition for review. 1 3 To qualify for asylum, Zylewicz had to show that he had an objectively reasonable "well-founded fear" of persecution should he return to Poland. Id. at 1061 . The BIA's decision that Zylewicz did not have an objectively reasonable "well-founded" fear of…