Maria Micaela Morales-Medrano v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

26 F.3d 131 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Maria Micaela MORALES-MEDRANO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70531. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 9, 1994. Decided May 13, 1994. 1 Before: NOONAN and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and EZRA ** , District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Maria Micaela Morales-Medrano, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, entered the United States without inspection on December 15, 1986. Ordered to show cause why she was not deportable, she conceded deportability but requested asylum. The Immigration Judge denied her request but granted voluntary departure. Morales-Medrano appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals. 4 The Board dismissed the appeal, finding that under 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1158 (a) and 1253(h), the political views of her common-law husband would not be imputed to Morales-Medrano. 5 The Board acknowledged that Morales-Medrano's common-law husband was…