Ena Mercedes Palacios De Mairena v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

91 F.3d 154 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ena Mercedes PALACIOS DE MAIRENA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70935. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 6, 1996. * Decided July 5, 1996. Before: FLETCHER, BEEZER and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Ena Palacios de Mairena, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board"). The Board affirmed the decision of an Immigration Judge ("IJ"), which found Palacios deportable, denied her application for asylum and withholding of deportation, and granted her voluntary departure in lieu of deportation. Because the Board's conclusion that Palacios did not establish persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on the basis of political opinion is supported by substantial evidence in the record, we deny the petition for review. BACKGROUND 3 Palacios entered the United States…