Leopoldo Vinluan Palarca v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

50 F.3d 15 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Leopoldo Vinluan PALARCA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70766. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 10, 1995. * Decided March 20, 1995. 1 Before: BROWNING and BEEZER, Circuit Judges, and JONES, District Judge. ** 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Leopoldo Vinluan Palarca, a citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of a ruling of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") affirming the Immigration Judge's denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. The Board concluded that Palarca did not present credible evidence of either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution and that even if his evidence was credible, it did not establish grounds for asylum. We have jurisdiction over this timely filed petition pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a). We deny the petition. 4 * Section 208(a) of the Immigration and…