Sharareh Khosrowpanah v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

79 F.3d 1153 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Sharareh KHOSROWPANAH, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70647. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 14, 1996. * Decided March 6, 1996. Before: SCHROEDER, D.W. NELSON, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Appellant Sharareh Khosrowpanah, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions this Court for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying her political asylum and withholding of deportation. We affirm. 3 Khosrowpanah entered the United States in March of 1988 on a visitor's visa. She later applied for and was granted two extensions of her visa; her third application, however, was denied and she was ordered to depart the United States by February 1, 1989. As a result of her failure to do so, deportation proceedings were initiated on April 13, 1989. Nine months later, she applied for asylum and withholding of…