Mirna Barrera-Ordenana v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

942 F.2d 790 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Mirna BARRERA-ORDENANA, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 90-70678. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 12, 1991. * Decided Aug. 23, 1991. 1 Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges, and TANNER, District Judge ** . 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Mirna Barrera-Ordenana, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) dismissal of her appeal from the immigration judge's decision denying her applications for relief from deportation for lack of prosecution, following a hearing held in absentia. The immigration judge found Barrera-Ordenana deportable as charged and denied her requests for asylum, withholding of deportation, and voluntary departure. 4 On March 10, 1989, Petitioner failed to appear at her deportation hearing. The immigration judge had previously warned her that if she failed to appear,…