Eliapo Tifitifi Taefu v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

892 F.2d 84 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Eliapo Tifitifi TAEFU, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 88-7328. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 21, 1989. * Decided Dec. 13, 1989. Before GOODWIN, POOLE and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. MEMORANDUM 1 1 Eliapo Tifitifi Taefu, a native and citizen of Western Samoa, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of his request for a waiver of deportation pursuant to section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (c). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) and deny the petition. Waiver of Deportation 2 This court reviews the BIA's decision denying discretionary relief from deportation for abuse of discretion. Vargas v. U.S. Dep't of Immigration and Naturalization, 831 F.2d 906, 908 (9th Cir.1987). This court will reverse the BIA's decision denying such relief "only if the…