Carlos Alberto Reyes-Castro 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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Carlos Alberto REYES-CASTRO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70523. 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 Carlos Alberto Reyes-Castro, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision adopting and affirming an Immigration Judge's ("IJ") order that denied his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we deny this petition for review. 3 Reyes-Castro contends that the BIA improperly adopted the IJ's opinion to find him statutorily ineligible for relief. This contention lacks merit. 4 The BIA may adopt an IJ's opinion to deny an applicant relief when the BIA clearly states that it is doing so, and the…