Mahdokht Nazeri v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

39 F.3d 1187 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Mahdokht NAZERI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent-Appellee. No. 93-55421. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 14, 1994. Decided Nov. 1, 1994. Before: FEINBERG, * SCHROEDER, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Mahdokht Nazeri, a native and citizen of Iran, appeals the district court's denial of her petition for writ of habeas corpus under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(b). The petitioner challenges the Board of Immigration Appeals' affirmance of the immigration judge's holding that she had abandoned her status as a permanent resident alien of the United States and was therefore not entitled to admission into the United States. 3 The district court did not err in holding that substantial evidence supported the BIA's decision. The relevant legal analysis is laid out in Chavez-Ramirez v. INS, 792 F.2d 932, 936-37 (9th Cir.1986).…