Suraj Kali Prasad v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

76 F.3d 388 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Suraj Kali PRASAD, et al., Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70618. 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 Suraj Kali Prasad and her children, Vikrant and Nilesh Prasad ("petitioners"), ethnic Indian citizens of Fiji, petition for review of the decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") upholding the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of their 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 petitioners' timely petition for review pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a. We conclude that there was substantial evidence from the record as a whole to…