Jose Mayorga-Perez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

50 F.3d 15 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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 MAYORGA-PEREZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70826. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 16, 1995. * Decided March 23, 1995. Before: NORRIS, WIGGINS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Jose Mayorga-Perez appeals a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") that he is statutorily ineligible for discretionary relief from deportation under section 212(c), 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1182 (c). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we deny Mayorga-Perez' petition for review. 3 * Mayorga-Perez first argues that he is statutorily eligible for relief under section 212(c) because he entered the United States more than seven years before his deportation hearing. Section 212(c) provides discretionary relief from deportation to permanent resident aliens who have been lawfully domiciled in the United States for seven…