Victor Lesage-Molina v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

995 F.2d 231 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Victor LESAGE-MOLINA, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 91-70477. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 7, 1993. * Decided June 3, 1993. Before KOZINSKI, SUHRHEINRICH ** and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 On January 23, 1991, an immigration judge found petitioner Victor Lesage-Molina, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, deportable and ineligible for political asylum and granted him voluntary departure from the United States. The Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") summarily dismissed petitioner's appeal for failure to specify adequately the grounds for the appeal pursuant to 8 C.F.R. § 3.1 (d)(1-a)(i) and denied his request for oral argument. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105 (a). We AFFIRM. DISCUSSION 3 Although this circuit has not clearly articulated the standard of review for summary dismissals…