Reinaldo Antonio Padilla-Rocha v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

97 F.3d 1460 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Reinaldo Antonio PADILLA-ROCHA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70432. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 16, 1996. * Decided Sept. 25, 1996. 1 Petition to Review a Decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, No. Asp-pth-ofp. 2 B.I.A. 3 REVIEW DENIED. 4 Before: BEEZER and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and GILLMOR, District Judge. ** 5 MEMORANDUM *** 6 Reinaldo Antonio Padilla-Rocha, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) affirmance of an Immigration Judge's (IJ) decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 (a) and 1253(h). The IJ and the BIA held that Padilla-Rocha failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution should he be deported to Nicaragua. We have jurisdiction over…