Javier E. Ramirez-Altamirano Elsa Del Carmen Lazo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

92 F.3d 1193 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Javier E. RAMIREZ-ALTAMIRANO; Elsa Del Carmen Lazo, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70436. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 29, 1996. * Decided Aug. 5, 1996. Before: HUG, Chief Judge, SCHROEDER, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Javier Ramirez-Altamirano and Elsa del Carmen Lazo, natives and citizens of Nicaragua, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision affirming the order of an immigration judge ("IJ"), denying their applications for asylum and withholding of deportation under sections 208(a) and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a) and 1253(h). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105 (a), and we deny the petition for review. 3 We review the factual findings underlying the BIA's decision for substantial evidence and we "will reverse only if…