Saraswati Ram v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

97 F.3d 1460 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Saraswati RAM, et al., Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70328. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 6, 1995. ** Decided Sept. 24, 1996. 1 Petition to Review a Decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Nos. Aod-xkm-xgj, Ail-pmw-sxo. 2 B.I.A. 3 REVIEW DENIED. 4 Before: WALLACE, THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, * District Judge. MEMORANDUM 5 Saraswati Ram and her minor son, Harish Ram ("petitioners"), ethnic Indian citizens of Fiji, petition for review of the decision of 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…