Maria Irma Belinda Lugue Vergara v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

8 F.3d 33 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Maria Irma Belinda Lugue VERGARA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 91-70521. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 4, 1993. * Decided Sept. 30, 1993. Before: FARRIS, POOLE and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Petitioner Maria Irma Belinda Lugue Vergara, a Philippine national, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of her request for voluntary departure from the United States. Our inquiry is limited to whether the Board, in denying voluntary departure, committed an abuse of discretion. We hold that it did not and therefore affirm. I. 3 Maria Irma Belinda Lugue Vergara, known as Maribel, was living with her mother in the Philippines when the pair learned that Maribel's maternal grandfather was dying in the United States. On several occasions Maribel and her mother sought visas from the U.S. Consulate in Manila in order to visit…