Roberto Jose Castillo-Medal Daysi Adelaida Cajina-Carranza Thamar Jamin Castillo-Cajina v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

83 F.3d 426 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Roberto Jose CASTILLO-MEDAL; Daysi Adelaida Cajina-Carranza; Thamar Jamin Castillo-Cajina, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70542. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 7, 1995. Decided April 30, 1996. 1 Before: BOOCHEVER and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Nicaraguan citizens Roberto Jose Castillo-Medal, his wife Daysi Adelaida Cajina-Carranza, and their daughter Thamar Jamin Castillo-Cajina petition for review of the dismissal by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") of their appeal from the opinion of an Immigration Judge ("IJ") finding them deportable. We affirm. 4 I. The Immigration Judge's decision denying asylum was supported by substantial evidence 5 Under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a), the Attorney General has discretion to grant an alien asylum if the alien is a refugee. A refugee is an…