Rosa Argentina Arcia-Lopez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

19 F.3d 25 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Rosa Argentina ARCIA-LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70813. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 22, 1994. * Decided Feb. 28, 1994. Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Rosa Argentina Arcia-Lopez petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") dismissal of her appeal from the immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying (1) her application for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1158 (a) and 1253(h), and (2) her request for a continuance. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 3 * Standard of Review 4 We review the BIA's denial of asylum for abuse of discretion. Abedini v. INS, 971 F.2d 188, 191 (9th Cir.1992). In evaluating the petitioner's claims, we must uphold the BIA's factual determinations if they are "supported…