Maria Isabel Somarriba-Soto v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

51 F.3d 282 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Maria Isabel SOMARRIBA-SOTO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70271. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 21, 1995. * Decided April 5, 1995. Before: SNEED, POOLE, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Maria Isabel Somarriba-Soto, a native and citizen of Nicaragua, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision denying her motion to reopen deportation proceedings so that she could apply for suspension of deportation under section 244(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1255 (a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 3 Somarriba-Soto contends that the BIA abused its discretion by denying her motion to reopen because she established that she would suffer extreme hardship if deported. This contention lacks merit. 4 We review the BIA's…