Jose Francisco Calero-Lopez 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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jose Francisco CALERO-LOPEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70861. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 8, 1996. * Decided April 17, 1996. 1 Before: NORRIS and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and McKIBBEN, District Judge ** . 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Jose Francisco Calero-Lopez, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 4 Because the BIA expressly incorporated the IJ's decision, we review the IJ's decision along with the BIA's decision. See Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1430 (9th Cir.1995). We review a denial of asylum for abuse of discretion. Kazlauskas v. INS, 46 F.3d 902, 905 (9th Cir.1995). We…