Alfredo Estrada-Maciel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

53 F.3d 338 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Alfredo ESTRADA-MACIEL, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70472. 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 Alfredo Estrada-Maciel petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order which: (1) held that remand of Estrada-Maciel's case for a new hearing was not warranted, and (2) dismissed his appeal from the immigration judge's ("IJ") order to deport him to Mexico. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a), and deny the petition for review. 3 In his petition for review, Estrada-Maciel contends that the BIA erred by dismissing his appeal from the IJ's order of deportation because: (1) the IJ improperly held his deportation hearing in absentia because he was present outside the courtroom when the hearing was scheduled…