Sergio Aristides Osejo-Garcia v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

53 F.3d 339 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Sergio Aristides OSEJO-GARCIA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70757. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 16, 1995. * Decided April 26, 1995. Before: HUG, FARRIS, and POOLE, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Sergio Aristides Osejo-Garcia ("Osejo-Garcia") petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the ruling of the immigration judge ("IJ") that denied his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we deny the petition for review. 3 Osejo-Garcia claims that he was persecuted in Nicaragua because of his refusal to join pro-Sandinista unions and the Sandinista Defense Committee. We conclude, however, that the BIA properly took administrative notice of the change of government in Nicaragua and determined that Osejo-Garcia does not have…