German Salvador Gomez-Garcia Urania Socorro Pichardo De Gomez German Salvador Gomez-Pichardo Nestor Gomez-Pichardo Oscar Gomez-Pichardo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

87 F.3d 1318 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. German Salvador GOMEZ-GARCIA; Urania Socorro Pichardo De Gomez; German Salvador Gomez-Pichardo; Nestor Gomez-Pichardo; Oscar Gomez-Pichardo, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70711. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 11, 1996. * Decided June 6, 1996. 1 Before: GOODWIN, HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and WARE ** , District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 German Salvador Gomez-Garcia, his wife Urania Socorro Pichardo de Gomez, and their three children, citizens of Nicaragua, appeal the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming the denial of their application for asylum and withholding of deportation. The petitioners argue that the BIA abused its discretion because, in adopting the opinion and reasoning of the immigration judge, it did not conduct an independent review of this case. The petitioners also contend that the evidence…