Abel Edgard Sanchez-Sierra Elsa Elvira Campomanes-Francia v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

65 F.3d 175 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Abel Edgard SANCHEZ-SIERRA; Elsa Elvira Campomanes-Francia, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70181. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 17, 1995. * Decided Aug. 21, 1995. 1 Before: D.W. NELSON, T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and KING ** , District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** OVERVIEW 3 Petitioners Abel Edgard Sanchez-Sierra and Elsa Elvira Campomanes-Francia ("the Sanchezes") petition for review of the refusal by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") to grant asylum pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1101 (a)(42)(A) and to grant withholding of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1253 (h). The Sanchezes argue that the BIA erred by finding that (1) the persecution was not based on a statutory ground; and (2) the alleged threat of persecution was not particular to them. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a. We affirm. I. ASYLUM 4 We review de…