Roger Jose Rivas-Porras v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

85 F.3d 637 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Roger Jose RIVAS-PORRAS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Nos. 94-70849, Adn-nlo-fdi. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 8, 1996. Decided May 10, 1996. 1 Before: NORRIS and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges, and McKIBBEN, District Judge * . 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Roger Jose Rivas-Porras, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the final decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), which affirmed the immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. This court has jurisdiction to review the BIA's decision pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 4 Rivas contends that the INS erred in finding him ineligible for both asylum and withholding of deportation. Because the BIA expressly relied upon the findings and conclusions of the IJ, we review both the IJ's and BIA's…