Nabeel Ragi Khweis v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

56 F.3d 71 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Nabeel Ragi KHWEIS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70255. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 2, 1995. * Decided May 5, 1995. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, INS No. Azt-mbp-szq. BIA PETITION GRANTED. Before: WALLACE, Chief Judge, HUG and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Nabeel Ragi Khweis, who was born in Jerusalem when it was part of Jordan, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of Khweis's motion for reconsideration of the BIA's dismissal as untimely of his appeal of the immigration judge's (IJ") order of deportation. The IJ found Khweis deportable as an alien convicted of a controlled substance offense under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 (a)(11), and found him ineligible for suspension of deportation under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1254 (a). 1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C.…