Alberto Alexander Mora-Artola v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

86 F.3d 1162 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Alberto Alexander MORA-ARTOLA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70857. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 12, 1996. * Decided May 17, 1996. 1 Before: BROWNING and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, District Judge ** . 2 MEMORANDUM *** FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW 3 Petitioner Alberto Alexander Mora-Artola is a 25-year-old native and citizen of Nicaragua who came to the United States when he was thirteen. He left Nicaragua because he did not want to serve in the military as young men at that time were required by law to do. He also claims he was persecuted by the Sandinistas because of his family's involvement with the Somoza government and his brothers' refusal to serve in the Sandinista army; despite the election of the Chamorro government, he fears he will be persecuted if he returns to Nicaragua because of his family connections and his…