Lorenzo Solorzano-Medrano v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

70 F.3d 120 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Lorenzo SOLORZANO-MEDRANO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70058. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 24, 1995. * Decided Nov. 3, 1995. Before: BEEZER, THOMPSON, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Lorenzo Solorzano-Medrano, a native and citizen of Nicaragua petitions 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. 3 Because the BIA clearly incorporated the IJ's decision, we treat the IJ's statement of reasons as the BIA's and review the IJ's decision along with the BIA's decision. See Alaelua v. INS, 45 F.3d 1379, 1382 (9th…