Gloria Gladys Rivera-Castro 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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Gloria Gladys RIVERA-CASTRO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent, No. 93-70650. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 9, 1995. * Decided March 24, 1995. Before: TROTT, FERNANDEZ, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Rivera-Castro petitions for review, challenging the Board of Immigration Appeals' affirmance of the immigration judge's determination to deny her request for asylum pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1158 (a) and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1253 (h). We have jurisdiction provided by 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105 (a). We deny the petition. 3 In order to qualify for asylum, an alien must be classified as a refugee within the meaning of section 101(a)(42)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1158 (a). Under section 101(a)(42)(A), in order to be classified as a refugee, one must have been subject to "persecution or…