Catalino A. Estrada-Velasquez Felicita De La Trinidad Zamora De Estrada v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

78 F.3d 592 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Catalino A. ESTRADA-VELASQUEZ; Felicita de la Trinidad Zamora de Estrada, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70652. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 15, 1996. * Decided March 1, 1996. 1 Before: BOOCHEVER, HALL and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Nicaraguan citizens, Catalino Antonio Estrada-Velasquez, and his wife, Felicita de la Trinidad Zamora de Estrada, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) August 18, 1994 decision affirming the Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of their application for asylum and withholding of deportation. 1 Estrada claims that he will be persecuted by former Sandanista forces for his refusal to serve as a member of those forces. The petition for review is denied. DISCUSSION A. Asylum 4 The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) gives the Attorney General discretion to grant asylum to an…