Celso Salazar Medalla v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

46 F.3d 1143 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Celso Salazar MEDALLA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70713. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted: Dec. 16, 1994. * Decided: Jan. 5, 1995. Before: HUG, CANBY, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Petitioner Celso Salazar Medalla, a citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") dismissal of his appeal of the immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his request for voluntary departure. Petitioner contends that the IJ improperly found that he lacked candor with the Immigration Service and that the IJ gave inadequate consideration to petitioner's family ties in the United States. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a)(1), and we affirm. I. 3 The decision whether to grant a voluntary departure request is a matter within the discretion of the BIA. Cunanan v. INS, 856 F.2d 1373, 1374…