Eliseo Sevilla-Rivera v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

56 F.3d 73 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Eliseo SEVILLA-RIVERA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70414. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 2, 1995. * Decided May 5, 1995. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, INS No. Aam-kst-lwo. BIA PETITION DENIED. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HUG and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Eliseo Sevilla-Rivera petitions for review from the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order affirming the immigration judge's ("IJ") decision finding him deportable and denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 3 This court reviews the BIA's denial of asylum under section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("Act") for an abuse of discretion. Berroteran-Melendez v. INS, 955 F.2d 1251, 1255 (9th Cir. 1992). The…