Mussa Ali Aliyan v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

17 F.3d 393 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Mussa Ali ALIYAN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70588. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 14, 1994. Decided Feb. 1, 1994. 1 Before: GOODWIN, WIGGINS, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM * 3 Mussa Ali Aliyan petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) order. The BIA affirmed an immigration judge's (IJ's) denial of Aliyan's motion to reopen so that he may apply for asylum, withholding of deportation and suspension of deportation. Aliyan's motion to reopen was denied on the ground that Aliyan failed to establish prima facie eligibility for the underlying relief sought. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a). We review the BIA's denial of a motion to reopen for an abuse of discretion. INS v. Doherty, 112 S.Ct. 719, 725 (1992). We deny the petition. BACKGROUND 4 Aliyan is a 34-year old Palestinian…