Toribio Carmelo Mendoza v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

48 F.3d 1228 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Toribio Carmelo MENDOZA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70491. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 21, 1995. * Decided Feb. 28, 1995. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, INS No. Avp-gcl-mll. BIA PETITION DENIED. Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Toribio Carmelo Mendoza, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") summary dismissal of his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We deny the petition for review. 3 The government contends that because Mendoza has failed to raise any issues regarding the BIA's summary dismissal in his opening brief, he has waived the right to challenge the BIA's decision. This contention has merit. 4 "It is well…