Ricardo Alberto Artola-Medal Thesalia Esperanza Madriz-Chavarria v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

86 F.3d 1161 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ricardo Alberto ARTOLA-MEDAL; Thesalia Esperanza Madriz-Chavarria, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70006. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 13, 1996. * Decided May 31, 1996. 1 Before: T.G. NELSON and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Ricardo Alberto Artola-Medal (Artola) and his wife, Thesalia Esperanza Madriz-Chavarria (Madriz), are before this court on a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA's) denial of their requests for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105 (a), and we deny the petition for review. ANALYSIS A. Denial of Asylum 4 The BIA's holding and findings that the actions of the government were lawful prosecution rather than persecution are supported by reasonable and substantial evidence in the record. We must therefore…