Ademuyiwa Adeogun Thompson v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

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977 F.2d 591·1992 WL 246982·1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 36349
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 1, 199292-70092California1,225 words

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977 F.2d 591 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ademuyiwa Adeogun THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70092. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 22, 1992. * Decided Oct. 1, 1992. Before GOODWIN, D.W. NELSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Ademuyiwa Adeogun Thompson, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge's ("IJ") decision finding him ineligible for relief from deportation. Thompson contends that (1) the BIA erred in finding Thompson statutorily ineligible for discretionary relief from deportation; (2) the BIA erred by failing to balance the equities in his case; (3) the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") violated Thompson's right to an expeditious hearing pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 242 (i); (4) the IJ erred in finding…

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