Felipe Torre-Murguia v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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53 F.3d 340·1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 22726
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 26, 199594-70378California395 words

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53 F.3d 340 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Felipe TORRE-MURGUIA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70378. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 19, 1995. * Decided April 26, 1995. 1 Before: BROWNING, SNEED, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Felipe Torre-Murguia, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") summary dismissal of his appeal from the immigration judge's ("IJ") decision finding Torre-Murguia deportable and denying his application for adjustment of status. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105a(a). We grant the petition for review. 4 The BIA summarily dismissed the appeal because Torre-Murguia's notice of appeal (form EOIR-26) failed to list the issues he intended to present to the BIA with sufficient specificity, see 8 C.F.R. Sec. 3.1(d)(1-a)(i)(A), 1 and because he neither filed a brief on…

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