Molitoni

935 F.2d 274 Unpublished Disposition NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Maake Soakai MOLITONI, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 89-70491. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 8, 1991. Decided June 13, 1991. Before SCHROEDER, FLETCHER and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Maake Soakai Molitoni, a native and citizen of Tonga, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order affirming the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of a discretionary waiver of excludability pursuant to section 212(h) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act ("Act"), as codified in 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1182 (h). 1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a and deny Molitoni's petition for review. 3 Section 212(h) of the Act, in pertinent part, provides that an alien who is excludable from the United States for conviction of crimes involving moral turpitude may obtain a…