Marco Antonio Barrera-Cortez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

53 F.3d 337 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Marco Antonio BARRERA-CORTEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70166. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 19, 1995. * Decided April 26, 1995. Before: BROWNING, SNEED, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Marco Antonio Barrera-Cortez, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") affirmance of the immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his request for a waiver of deportation pursuant to section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1182 (c). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and we grant the petition. 3 * Background 4 Barrera-Cortez, a lawful permanent resident, came to the United States from Mexico with his mother, father, four sisters and two brothers on December 14, 1970, at the age of ten. He has one older sister who remained in Mexico.…