Francisco Javier Pichardo-Sanchez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

68 F.3d 481 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Francisco Javier PICHARDO-SANCHEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70158. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 11, 1995. * Decided Oct. 20, 1995. 1 Before: BEEZER, THOMPSON, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Francisco Javier Pichardo-Sanchez, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") dismissal of his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision finding him deportable as charged and denying his 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 we deny the petition for review. 4 We review for abuse of discretion the BIA's denial of asylum, see Abedini v. INS, 971 F.2d 188, 191 (9th Cir. 1992), and for substantial evidence the decision to deny the…