Eskarleth Zelidey Escobar-Alvarez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

68 F.3d 480 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Eskarleth Zelidey ESCOBAR-ALVAREZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70934. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 11, 1995. * Decided Oct. 20, 1995. Before: BEEZER, THOMPSON, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Eskarleth Zelidey Escobar-Alvarez, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), dismissing her appeal from the immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of her applications for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1158 (a) and 1253(h). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a) and deny the petition for review. 3 Here, the BIA conducted a de novo review and expressly adopted the decision of the IJ. The BIA, however, made additional determinations with respect to Escobar-Alvarez's claims of past persecution and well-founded…