Dharmendran Nair v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

101 F.3d 706 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Dharmendran NAIR, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70499. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 7, 1996. * Decided Nov. 14, 1996. 1 Before: NORRIS and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges, and WARDLAW, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Dharmendran Nair appeals from the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying his petition for asylum and withholding of deportation. 4 Where the BIA adopts the decision of the immigration judge, we review the IJ's findings. Campos-Granillo v. INS, 12 F.3d 849, 852 (9th Cir.1994). We review for substantial evidence, Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1429 (9th Cir.1995), and will reverse only if a reasonable factfinder would be compelled to find for petitioner. INS v. Elias-Zacharias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 & n. 1 (1992). 5 Nair is a 31-year-old Indo-Fijian. In 1991, he came to the United States for a track meet and…