Bahram Samanian Badri Samanian Bahareh Samanian v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

21 F.3d 1115 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Bahram SAMANIAN; Badri Samanian; Bahareh Samanian, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70652. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 9, 1994. * Decided April 22, 1994. Before: HUG, HALL and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** OVERVIEW 2 Bahram Samanian, Badri Samanian and Bahareh Samanian petition for review of the decisions of the immigration judge (IJ) and Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their applications for asylum, withholding of deportation and suspension of deportation. The Samanians also request remand to the BIA or withholding of review until the BIA makes a decision on their motion to reopen. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we deny the petition for review. STANDARD OF REVIEW 3 We review the decision to deny asylum under the abuse of discretion standard. Berroteran-Melendez v. INS, 955 F.2d 1251, 1255…