Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit February 14, 2003, No. 02-70356; INS No. A70-776-103 (Rosales-Hernandez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service)

MEMORANDUM**

Manuel Antonio Rosales-Hernandez, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) dismissal of his appeal from an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a) and 1253(h). Because the transitional rules apply, Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.