Godwin Kendricks Okolo v. Immigration and 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NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Godwin Kendricks OKOLO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 92-70621. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 9, 1994. Decided Jan. 10, 1995. Before: FLETCHER, THOMPSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Godwin Kendricks Okolo seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissal of his appeal of a deportation order. Okolo contends that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) should be estopped from deporting him because of its delay in processing his visa application; that the immigration judge should have waived deportation on a drug conviction; and that the immigration judge improperly denied him a change of venue, resulting in denial of his right to counsel. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we affirm. BACKGROUND 3 Okolo, a Nigerian citizen who arrived in the United States in 1978 on a…