Porfirio Galvan-Cardenas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Opinion
Opinion
17 F.3d 394 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Porfirio GALVAN-CARDENAS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70494. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 7, 1994. * Decided Feb. 17, 1994. Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Porfirio Galvan-Cardenas, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision vacating the Immigration Judge's (IJ) order granting Galvan-Cardenas voluntary departure. Galvan-Cardenas contends that the BIA erred by finding him statutorily ineligible for voluntary departure under section 244(e)(1), 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1254 (e)(1), based on its finding that he was deportable under section 241(a)(14), 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 (a)(14), for possessing an automatic or semi-automatic weapon. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 3 On April 13, 1988, the Immigration…