Marvyn Jose Martinez-Manzanarez 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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Marvyn Jose MARTINEZ-MANZANAREZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Nos. 94-70882, Azy-zga-huv. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 11, 1996. * Decided May 10, 1996. Before: SNEED, NORRIS, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Marvyn Jose Martinez-Manzanarez ("petitioner"), a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") affirmance of the immigration judge's denial of his application for political asylum. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) and deny the petition. FACTS 3 Petitioner claims that as a fourteen-year old living in the town of El Viejo, Nicaragua in 1984, he was active in the Christian Democratic Party, for which he circulated pamphlets in support of the party, and participated in three demonstrations. During one of these demonstrations, several of petitioner's…