Harte Valentino Barber v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

968 F.2d 1220 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Harte Valentino BARBER, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 91-70204. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 10, 1992. Decided July 20, 1992. Before ALARCON, RYMER and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Harte Valentino Barber petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying his application for discretionary relief from deportation under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (c) and his request for political asylum under section 208(a) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (a). Barber contends that the BIA denied relief from deportation because it did not adequately consider the outstanding equities in his favor. He asserts that the BIA failed to grant him political asylum because it erroneously concluded that he did not have a well-founded fear of…