Manuel Antonio Hurtado-Rodriguez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Manuel Antonio HURTADO-RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70330. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 5, 1993. * Decided Feb. 9, 1994. 1 Before: SNEED, SKOPIL, and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Manuel Antonio Hurtado-Rodriguez, a native and citizen of El Salvador, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") dismissal of his appeal of the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") order of deportation. Hurtado-Rodriguez contends that the BIA abused its discretion by refusing to reopen his deportation proceeding following a hearing held in absentia. He contends that he established reasonable cause for his failure to appear by showing that he did not receive notice of the hearing from his attorney. We reject his contention, and we deny the petition for review. 4 A deportation hearing may be held in absentia if the alien…