Adolfo Jose Vega-Gonzalez Jennifer Vanessa Vega-Lopez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

85 F.3d 639 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Adolfo Jose VEGA-GONZALEZ; Jennifer Vanessa Vega-Lopez, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70789. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 15, 1996. * Decided March 22, 1996. 1 Before: BEEZER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and ZILLY, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Adolfo Jose Vega-Gonzalez and his daughter appeal from the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision denying their application for asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a) and for withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. § 1253 (h). 1 Because the daughter's claim is derivative of that of her father, 2 we will refer to Mr. Vega-Gonzalez as "petitioner" and will discuss the BIA's denial of his application. I. ANALYSIS A. Asylum 4 To be eligible for asylum, petitioner must show that he is unable or unwilling to return to his own country because of past persecution or a well-founded…