Roger Balmaceda-Gutierrez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

79 F.3d 1152 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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 BALMACEDA-GUTIERREZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70766. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 15, 1996. * Decided March 18, 1996. 1 Before: HALL, BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges, and WEINER, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Roger Balmaceda-Gutierrez petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeal ("BIA") denying his request for asylum and a withholding deportation order. Because we find that substantial evidence supports the BIA's finding that petitioner failed to demonstrate past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution, we deny Balmaceda-Gutierrez's request for review. I. 4 Petitioner contends that the IJ focused on insignificant discrepancies between his testimony and his asylum application, and that these reasons alone were insufficient to support a finding that his testimony lacked credibility.…