Bashar Abdulrahim Bader v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Bashar Abdulrahim BADER, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70449. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 6, 1996. * Decided March 29, 1996. Before: SKOPIL, CANBY, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Bashar Aboulrahim Bader, a twenty-six-year-old Jordanian citizen of Palestinian descent, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision affirming the Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) §§ 208(a) and 243(h), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a), 1253(h). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a. We conclude that substantial evidence supports the BIA's determination that Bader did not meet the definition of refugee in INA § 101(a)(42)(A), 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(42)(A), because he did not have a…