Damaris Esther Fonseca-Mendoza Christian Wilber Ramirez-Fonseca v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

985 F.2d 572 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Damaris Esther FONSECA-MENDOZA; Christian Wilber Ramirez-Fonseca, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 90-70676. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 15, 1993. * Decided Feb. 3, 1993. Petition to Review a Decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS No. Ahy-nhw-zbu. BIA PETITION GRANTED. Before: ALDISERT, ** GOODWIN and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 Damaris Esther Fonseca-Mendoza ("Fonseca-Mendoza") and her son, Christian Wilber Ramirez-Fonseca ("Ramirez-Fonseca"), (collectively "the petitioners") applied for asylum in the United States or, alternatively, for withholding of deportation, contending that they would be persecuted if returned to Nicaragua. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a) & 1253(h). The immigration judge denied the petitioners' request. On appeal, the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") took…