Kedir Mohammed Temam v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

94 F.3d 653 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Kedir Mohammed TEMAM, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70635. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 8, 1995. Decided Aug. 15, 1996. Before: FLETCHER, KOZINSKI, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Kedir Mohammed Temam, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming a decision of the Immigration Judge ("IJ") denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction, 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we stay Temam's petition for review pending the BIA's disposition of Temam's motion to reopen. 3 * Temam left Ethiopia in May 1989 and entered the United States on a temporary visa in June 1989. Two months later, Temam applied for asylum and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a) and 1253(h). Temam presented…