Rosa Lillian Santos v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

51 F.3d 282 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Rosa Lillian SANTOS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70788. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 15, 1995. Decided April 3, 1995. Before: HUG, FARRIS, and POOLE, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Petitioner, Rosa Lillian Santos, a Nicaraguan citizen, timely appealed a Board of Immigration Appeals ruling affirming a decision of the immigration judge that found her deportable. We affirm the denial of Mrs. Santos's application for asylum and withholding of deportation and the grant of voluntary deportation. 3 We understand Mrs. Santos's challenge to the conclusion that her testimony supporting her asylum claim was not credible. She has given plausible explanations for the acknowledged conflicts in the record. She failed, however, to sustain the heavy burden that was hers to carry. Even if we are satisfied that her explanations are…