Sylvia Josefine Vangeyzel v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

39 F.3d 1190 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Sylvia Josefine VANGEYZEL, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70259. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 5, 1994. Decided Oct. 24, 1994. 1 Before: FLETCHER and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges, and SEDWICK, District Judge * . 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Sylvia Josefine Vangeyzel, a native and citizen of Sri Lanka, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals affirming the order of the immigration judge. The IJ found her deportable under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 (a)(2) and denied her asylum, withholding of deportation, and voluntary departure under 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1158 , 1253(h) and 1254(e). We affirm. 4 Section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1158 (a), authorizes the Attorney General, in her discretion, to grant asylum to an alien who is a "refugee" as defined in the Act, i.e., one who is unable or…