Ernesto Ivan Martinez-Portobanco Alba Luz Guadamuz De Martinez Ivan Sebastian Martinez-Guadamuz Marjorie Yusseth Martinez-Guadamuz Eunice Geraldine Martinez-Guadamuz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

81 F.3d 169 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ernesto Ivan MARTINEZ-PORTOBANCO; Alba Luz Guadamuz De Martinez; Ivan Sebastian Martinez-Guadamuz; Marjorie Yusseth Martinez-Guadamuz; Eunice Geraldine Martinez-Guadamuz, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70466. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 7, 1995. Decided April 5, 1996. 1 Before: BOOCHEVER and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Ernesto Ivan Martinez-Portobanco and his family petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying their application for asylum. The BIA found that Martinez-Portobanco's account of his persecution in Nicaragua was not credible. 4 Under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a), the Attorney General has discretion to grant an alien asylum if the alien is a refugee. "[A]n alien qualifies for refugee status and is eligible for asylum if he can…