Georgina Sanchez-Mora v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

62 F.3d 1425 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Georgina SANCHEZ-MORA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70706. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 16, 1995. * Decided Aug. 2, 1995. Before: HUG, FARRIS, and POOLE, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Petitioner, Georgina Sanchez-Mora, a Nicaraguan citizen, timely appealed a Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") ruling affirming a decision of the immigration judge denying her applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105 (a), and we deny the petition for review. 3 Sanchez-Mora maintains that she was persecuted in Nicaragua from 1979 through 1985 because she and her family supported the Somoza government. In 1985, Sandinistas came to her home looking for her. When she was not there, the Sandinistas took her brother instead, and accused him of keeping weapons. Sanchez-Mora went to the police,…