Julio Inocencio Montes-Gaitan 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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Julio Inocencio MONTES-GAITAN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70763. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 9, 1996. * Decided July 15, 1996. Before: HUG, Chief Judge, SCHROEDER and POOLE, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Montes-Gaitan petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (Board) decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction over this timely petition pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 3 Montes-Gaitan challenges the Board's determination that he did not suffer past persecution and its determination that he does not have a well-founded fear of persecution on account of one of the statutorily defined grounds. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (a)(42)(A) (defining the grounds of persecution for asylum relief). We review the Board's factual determinations,…