Sonia Lezcano-Chavarria v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Opinion
Opinion
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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Sonia LEZCANO-CHAVARRIA, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 91-70113. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 14, 1993. * Decided Feb. 19, 1993. Petition to Review a Decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; No. Anr-tpg-laf. I.N.S. VACATED AND REMANDED. 1 Before SCHROEDER and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges, and KING, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Petitioner Sonia Lezcano-Chavarria seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") dismissal of her application for asylum. The BIA took administrative notice of the change of government in Nicaragua and concluded that petitioner therefore had no well-founded fear of persecution from the Sandinistas. We recently held that the BIA may not take administrative notice on this issue without giving petitioner adequate warning and an opportunity to be heard. Castillo-Villagra v. I.N.S., 972…