Sargis Papikyan, A.K.A. Sarkis Papikyan v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

12 F.3d 1107 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Sargis PAPIKYAN, a.k.a. Sarkis Papikyan, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70312. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 7, 1993. Decided Nov. 18, 1993. 1 Before: HALL and RYMER, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, * Senior District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Sargis Papikyan petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) order affirming the immigration judge's (IJ) denial of his application for discretionary relief from deportation under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1182 (c). 4 * Papikyan was admitted to the United States as a refugee from Soviet Armenia in 1980 at the age of fifteen. On March 22, 1982, he was granted immigrant status. On March 6, 1990, he was convicted in California state court of possession of heroin with intent to sell. On May 14, 1991, he was served with an order to show…