Romeo Andino Catura v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

52 F.3d 332 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Romeo Andino CATURA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70722. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 6, 1995. Decided April 17, 1995. Before: SCHROEDER and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. MEMORANDUM ** Romeo Andino Catura, a native and citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' dismissal of his appeal from the Immigration Judge's denial of his applications for political asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to Secs. 208(a) and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1158 (a), 1253(h)(1). He claims that he will face persecution on his return to the Philippines by the New People's Army (NPA), the military wing of the Communist Party in the Philippines. According to petitioner's affidavit in support of his asylum application, and not materially…