Ramirez v. I.N.S.

72 F.3d 135 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Cristina Zayda RAMIREZ, Ruiz De; Victor Ernesto Ramirez-Ruiz; Carlos Ilich Ramirez-Ruiz; Carlos Ernesto Ramirez-Ruiz, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70515. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 5, 1995. * Decided Dec. 15, 1995. Before: BROWNING, CANBY, and HALL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Lead petitioner Christina Zayda Ruiz de Ramirez, a 35-year-old native and citizen of Nicaragua, requests review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming the denial of her applications 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), 1253(h). Ruiz de Ramirez's co-petitioners, her three minor-aged sons, sought derivative asylee status pursuant to INA section 208(c), 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1158 (c). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a. We…