Roger Alfredo Gonzales-Obando v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

74 F.3d 1245 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Roger Alfredo GONZALES-OBANDO Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE Respondent. No. 94-70567. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 11, 1996. * Decided Jan. 17, 1996. Before: LAY, ** GOODWIN, and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. MEMORANDUM 1 1 Roger Alfredo Gonzalez-Obando, a citizen of Nicaragua, appeals the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Gonzales contends that the evidence compels the conclusion that he suffered past persecution and has a well-founded fear of persecution if he returns to Nicaragua. We review the decision of the BIA for substantial evidence. INS v. Elias-Zacharias, 502 U.S. 478 (1992). I. Past Persecution 2 In order to establish past persecution, an asylum applicant must show that he was harmed on account of a belief or characteristic related to race,…