Silvio Jose Turcios-Chavarria v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

91 F.3d 155 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Silvio Jose TURCIOS-CHAVARRIA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70086. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 13, 1996. Decided July 5, 1996. 1 Before: REINHARDT and HALL, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, District Judge. * 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Silvio Jose Turcios-Chavarria seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) affirmance of the Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of his application for asylum and for withholding of deportation. We deny the petition for review. 4 * Petitioner first argues that the BIA decision denying asylum is not supported by substantial evidence. The BIA can only be reversed if the "evidence presented ... [is] such that a reasonable factfinder would have to conclude that the requisite fear of persecution existed," and its decision must be upheld if supported by substantial evidence in the record. INS v.…