Clemente Lopez-Medina v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

963 F.2d 379 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Clemente LOPEZ-MEDINA, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 91-70007. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 14, 1992. Decided May 20, 1992. Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Clemente Lopez-Medina petitions this court to review the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) summary dismissal of his appeal from a deportation order. The BIA ruled that Lopez-Medina had not stated his grounds for appeal with sufficient clarity. We reverse and remand with instructions. 3 Lopez-Medina is a fifty-eight year old citizen of Mexico. In 1957, he married a United States citizen and in 1961, he obtained an immigrant visa to the U.S. Lopez-Medina worked as a laborer for the same employer for 30 years before becoming partially disabled from an accident at work. 4 In 1987, Lopez-Medina was convicted of an offense that…