Manuel J. Alvarez-Zelaya v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

91 F.3d 150 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Manuel J. ALVAREZ-ZELAYA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70073. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 13, 1996. Decided July 19, 1996. 1 Before: REINHARDT and HALL, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Manuel J. Alvarez-Zelaya petitions for review of a an order denying his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a) and 1253(h). Because the record does not compel a conclusion other than that reached by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), we deny the petition. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 , 481 n. 1 (1992) (compelling evidence required to reverse asylum denial by BIA); Prasad v. INS, 47 F.3d 336, 338 (9th Cir.1995) (same). 4 To obtain asylum, an applicant must establish his eligibility by demonstrating that he fits the statutory definition of a…