Alejandro Salmeron-Martinez Maritza Pineda-Laguna Willmer Dolores Salmeron-Pineda v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

82 F.3d 423 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Alejandro SALMERON-MARTINEZ; Maritza Pineda-Laguna; Willmer Dolores Salmeron-Pineda, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70624. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 16, 1996. Decided April 8, 1996. Before: REINHARDT, THOMPSON, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Alejandro Dolores Salmeron-Martinez, his wife Maritza Pineda-Laguna, and their minor son Willmer Dolores Salmeron-Pineda, all natives and citizens of Nicaragua, petition this court for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA" or "Board") which dismissed their appeal from the order of an immigration judge which denied their request for asylum and withholding of deportation. 1 Because the Board's finding that the petitioners do not have a well-founded fear of persecution is supported by "substantial evidence" as that term was defined in INS v.…