Chester Lacayo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

988 F.2d 120 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Chester LACAYO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 91-70476. Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 3, 1993. * Decided Feb. 22, 1993. Petition to Review a Decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS No. Avv-ehf-tdg. BIA AFFIRMED. Before HUG, SKOPIL and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 After a hearing before an immigration judge ("IJ") on September 5, 1989, Chester Lacayo's applications for asylum, withholding of deportation, and voluntary departure were denied. Lacayo, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, claimed that as an active member of an opposition party he would be subject to persecution from the Sandinistas if he returned to Nicaragua. 3 Lacayo appealed the IJ's order to the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). On September 26, 1990, the BIA dismissed Lacayo's appeal. The BIA took administrative notice of the change of government in Nicaragua in…