Hector Miguel Molina-Salinas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

66 F.3d 335 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Hector Miguel MOLINA-SALINAS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70895. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 5, 1995. * Decided Sept. 8, 1995. Before: GOODWIN, WIGGINS, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Hector Miguel Molina-Salinas, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming the decision of the immigration judge ("IJ"), denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation under sections 208(a) and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1158 (a) and 1253(h), and granting him voluntary departure. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a) and deny the petition. 3 Because the BIA affirmed for the reasons set forth in the IJ's decision, "we treat the IJ's statement of reasons as the BIA's and review the IJ's…