Jaime Leonardo Mejia-Piedrahita v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

53 F.3d 339 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Jaime Leonardo MEJIA-PIEDRAHITA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 93-70787. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 15, 1995. * Decided April 24, 1995. Before: NORRIS, WIGGINS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Jaime Leonardo Mejia-Piedrahita, a native and citizen of Colombia, is a deportable alien pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 (a)(2)(B)(i) for having a conviction "relating to a controlled substance." On Sept. 21, 1989, an Immigration Judge ("IJ") granted Mejia-Piedrahita discretionary relief from deportation pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1182 (c). The Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") appealed the IJ's decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") which reversed and ordered Mejia-Piedrahita deported to Columbia. 3 Mejia-Piedrahita now petitions for review of the BIA's decision. He makes three arguments: 1) the BIA abused…