Marta Alicia Palacios-Dominguez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

892 F.2d 1046 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Marta Alicia PALACIOS-DOMINGUEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 88-7415. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 15, 1989. Decided Jan. 3, 1990. Before ALDISERT, * TANG and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Marta Alicia Palacios-Dominguez appeals from the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of her applications for asylum and withholding of departure. We affirm. DISCUSSION 3 A decision on an application for asylum requires "a determination of statutory eligibility based on the well-founded fear standard and then, if eligibility is established, a discretionary determination concerning asylum." Rodriguez-Rivera v. INS, 848 F.2d 998, 1001 (9th Cir.1988) (per curiam). The BIA concluded that Palacios-Dominguez failed to establish a well-founded fear of persecution. We review for substantial evidence to support that determination.…