Yuk Lai Wycliffe Chan v. Faye Lothridge, Director, Asylum Office, United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, San Francisco

81 F.3d 167 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Yuk Lai Wycliffe CHAN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Faye LOTHRIDGE, Director, Asylum Office, United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, San Francisco, et al., Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-16936. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 7, 1995. Decided March 22, 1996. Before: BROWNING, CANBY and HALL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The appellant, Yuk Lai Wycliffe Chan, asks us to reverse an order of the district court denying him preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against certain officials of the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"). Chan argues that the INS abused its discretion in denying him interim work authorization while his application for asylum was pending. We disagree and affirm the order of the district court. 3 Under the INS regulations in effect at the time Chan filed his application, and which continue to govern his case, 1 an alien who submits…