Jose Lester Angulo-Escobar 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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jose Lester ANGULO-ESCOBAR, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70077. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 14, 1996. Decided July 12, 1996. 1 Before: SCHROEDER and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Jose Lester Angulo-Escobar, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") order that denied his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). Based on the evidence in this record, we grant the petition. 4 Asylum applicants claiming a well-founded fear of future persecution must demonstrate that their fear of persecution is genuine and reasonable. See Ramos-Vasquez v. INS, 57 F.3d 857, 862 (9th Cir.1995). 5 We review for substantial evidence…