Nunez-Sanchez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

24 F.3d 248 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Florencio Caridad NUNEZ-SANCHEZ; Nilda Justina Gonzalez-Montes; Elizabeth Nunez-Gonzalez; Mabel Maria Nunez-Gonzalez, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70692. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 6, 1994. * Decided April 18, 1994. Before: BROWNING, PREGERSON, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Both the Immigration Judge and the Board applied the "well-founded fear" standard to the Nunez-Sanchez family's asylum claim. The Judge noted "[t]he 9th Circuit has concluded that the 'well-founded fear' standard and the 'clear probability' standard are different and that the former is more generous than the latter." The Board cited Cardoza-Fonseca v. I.N.S., 480 U.S. 421, 423 (1987), and concluded the Nunez-Sanchez family failed to demonstrate "a reasonable person in either of the primary respondents' circumstances would fear persecution on…