Maria Benitez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

56 F.3d 70 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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 BENITEZ, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. Nos. 93-70506, 93-70758. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 4, 1994. Decided June 2, 1995. Before: GIBSON, * HUG, and POOLE, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Maria Benitez appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) refusal to estop the INS from opposing her motion for administrative closure of her deportation proceedings and the BIA's decisions affirming the immigration judge's denial of her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. She also appeals the BIA's denial of her motion to reopen her proceedings in order to allow her to apply for a suspension of deportation. We have consolidated her appeals, and we AFFIRM. I. BACKGROUND 3 Maria Benitez is a forty-five-year-old native and citizen of El Salvador. She was apprehended on March 23, 1986, near San Isdro, California, and an…