Betsy Margina Cisneros v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

89 F.3d 844 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Betsy Margina CISNEROS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70920. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 12, 1996. * Decided May 2, 1996. 1 Before: BROWNING and NOONAN, Circuit Judges; MERHIGE, District Judge ** . 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Betsy Margina Cisneros petitions for review of the denial of her claim for asylum. We deny her petition. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS 4 On February 13, 1989, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) issued Cisneros, a native of Nicaragua, an order to show cause, which charged her of having entered the United States illegally. On July 11, 1989, Cisneros appeared with counsel before Immigration Judge James P. Vandello (IJ Vandello), admitted the allegations in the order to show cause, and conceded deportability. IJ Vandello designated Nicaragua as the country of deportation, and Cisneros stated her intention of seeking…