Jose Sanchez-Salvador v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

33 F.3d 59 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jose SANCHEZ-SALVADOR, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Nos. 92-70828. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 6, 1994. Decided Aug. 15, 1994. Before: FLETCHER, CANBY AND HALL, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Jose Sanchez-Salvador petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals finding him deportable and denying him discretionary relief from deportation. He alleges that the BIA erred in ordering his deportation because he was incompetent at the time of the hearing, and that the BIA abused its discretion in denying him discretionary relief. We grant the petition in part. I. BACKGROUND 3 Sanchez-Salvador, an El Salvadoran citizen, was lawfully admitted to the United States on July 2, 1968, when he was thirteen years old. He has lived in the United States ever since. Two of his siblings are American citizens. Two other…