Oscar Vincente Velasquez-Quezada v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

83 F.3d 430 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Oscar Vincente VELASQUEZ-QUEZADA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70712. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 22, 1996. * Decided April 26, 1996. Before: HALL, THOMPSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Oscar Vicente Velasquez-Quezada, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming the order of an immigration judge denying his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation under sections 208(a) and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a) and 1253(h). We review for substantial evidence. Kazlauskas v. INS, 46 F.3d 902, 907 (9th Cir1995). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 3 Velasquez contends that the BIA erred by finding that he neither suffered past persecution nor had…