Corozon Samadan Lamb v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

15 F.3d 1086 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Corozon Samadan LAMB, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70568. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 14, 1994. * Decided Jan. 24, 1994. Before: GOODWIN, WIGGINS, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges: 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Appellant Corazon Samadan Lamb, a native and citizen of the Philippines, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") decision which dismissed her appeal of an Immigration Judge's ("IJ's") denial of her request for relief from deportation in the form of voluntary departure. By delegation from the Attorney General, immigration judges and the BIA are empowered with discretionary authority to grant voluntary departure where the alien meets the statutory criteria and demonstrates equities meriting the favorable exercise of discretion. 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1254 (e) (1992); 8 C.F.R. Sec. 244 (1993); Villanueva-Franco v. INS, 802 F.2d 327, 329…