Pedro Espinoza-Oblitas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

59 F.3d 174 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Pedro ESPINOZA-OBLITAS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70390. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 7, 1995. Decided June 12, 1995. Before: PREGERSON, POOLE, D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirmed a decision by the immigration judge ("IJ") finding Peruvian citizen Pedro Espinoza-Oblitas ("Espinoza") deportable. The BIA also affirmed the IJ's determination that Espinoza was ineligible, as a matter of law, for relief from deportation under Sec. 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1182 (c), and ordered him deported. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1105 (a). We affirm. 3 Espinoza was admitted to the United States for permanent residence on May 2, 1983. He served over five years in prison following his 1988 conviction for conspiracy to possess and distribute a…