Jose Felix Ponce-Alatorre v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

985 F.2d 573 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jose Felix PONCE-ALATORRE, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 90-70387. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 14, 1992. * Decided Jan. 27, 1993. 1 Appeal from the Board of Immigration Appeals, No. Abn-rcp-sdn. 2 B.I.A. 3 AFFIRMED. 4 Before FLETCHER and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and WILSON, ** District Judge. 5 MEMORANDUM *** 6 Jose Felix Ponce-Alatorre seeks review of a Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") decision affirming an Immigration Judge's denial of his application for discretionary relief from deportation under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (c). We affirm. I. BACKGROUND 7 Ponce-Alatorre is a native and citizen of Mexico who first entered the United States, illegally, in 1971. He departed the United States about five years later, and reentered, again illegally, in 1979. He then departed again, and…