Marvin Jose Marenco-Carvajal v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

91 F.3d 153 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Marvin Jose MARENCO-CARVAJAL, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70075. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 13, 1996. Decided July 11, 1996. 1 Before: REINHARDT and HALL, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, Senior District Judge. * 2 MEMORANDUM ** I. 3 The denial of Marenco's asylum application was supported by substantial evidence. To be eligible for asylum, Marenco was required to demonstrate a "well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion." See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a), 1101(a)(42)(A). 4 Marenco was employed as a lawyer for the Nicaraguan Ministry of Labor in a region called Bluefields. He supervised 46 employees, and his job involved the certification of unions to represent workers in the area. Upon his appointment to this position in June of…