Hedy Carolina Bonilla-Montiel 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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Hedy Carolina BONILLA-MONTIEL, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70700. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 9, 1996. Decided July 11, 1996. Before: WOOD, * CANBY, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 Hedy Carolina Bonilla-Montiel, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' dismissal of her appeal from an immigration judge's denial of her applications for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a), 1253(h). We have jurisdiction, 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we deny the petition for review. 2 * Bonilla contends that the IJ erred in concluding that she is not eligible for asylum on the basis of either past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution. 1 We disagree. 3 The Attorney General has discretion to grant asylum to an applicant who is…