Olarte v. I.N.S.

51 F.3d 281 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. George Meng OLARTE; Estrella Olarte; Katherine Olarte; Genevieve Olarte; George Hendrick Olarte; George Paul Olarte, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70029. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 21, 1995. * Decided April 5, 1995. Before: SNEED, POOLE, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 George Meng Olarte; his wife, Estrella Olarte; and their four minor children, Katherine, Genevieve, George Hedrick, and George Paul, who are all natives and citizens of the Phillipines, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") dismissal of their appeal from the immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of their applications for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to sections 208(a) and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1158 (a) and 1253(h)(1). Petitioners contend that the BIA (1) erred by finding…