Vidya Chandra v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

76 F.3d 385 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Vidya CHANDRA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70553. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 6, 1995. * Decided Feb. 9, 1996. 1 Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, THOMPSON, Circuit Judge, and SEDWICK, ** District Judge. MEMORANDUM 2 Vidya Chandra ("Chandra"), an ethnic Indian citizen of Fiji, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") dismissing his appeal of the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 and 1253. The Board exercised jurisdiction pursuant to 8 C.F.R. §§ 3.1 (b)(2) and 242.21. We have jurisdiction over Chandra's timely petition for review pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a. We conclude that substantial evidence from the record supports the Board's conclusion that Chandra did not suffer…