Edgardo Antonio Chavez-Dinarte Rosa Argentina Adan-Areas Edgar Federico Chavez-Adams v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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79 F.3d 1152·1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 17311
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 6, 199694-70401California1,671 words

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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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Edgardo Antonio CHAVEZ-DINARTE; Rosa Argentina Adan-Areas; Edgar Federico Chavez-Adams, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70401. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 9, 1996. * Decided March 6, 1996. Before: POOLE, WIGGINS, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Edgardo Antonio Chavez-Dinarte, a Nicaraguan native, deserted from the Sandinista military in 1985, went into hiding in the Nicaraguan countryside, and illegally entered the United States in 1989. Chavez-Dinarte, his common-law wife, Rosa Adan-Areas, and their child appeal the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of political asylum and order of deportation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105 (a) and AFFIRM. DISCUSSION I. STANDARD OF REVIEW 3 The BIA's denial of asylum must be upheld if "supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the…

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