Oscar Jose Sandoval-Martinez Carlos Ivan Sandoval-Martinez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

78 F.3d 594 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Oscar Jose SANDOVAL-MARTINEZ; Carlos Ivan Sandoval-Martinez, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70587. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 27, 1996. * Decided March 4, 1996. Before: PREGERSON, CANBY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Oscar Jose Sandoval-Martinez, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming the decision of an immigration judge ("IJ") and denying his application for asylum under section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 3 The Attorney General has discretion to grant asylum if the alien is a "refugee." See 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a). Aliens qualify as refugees if they are unable or unwilling to return to their country of…