Clemencia Taleon Tobias v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

79 F.3d 1154 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Clemencia Taleon TOBIAS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70114. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 11, 1996. * Decided March 6, 1996. Before: SNEED, SKOPIL, and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Clemencia Taleon Tobias, a citizen of the Philippines, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("the Board") decision affirming the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of Tobias' application for suspension of deportation under section 244(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("the Act"), 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (a)(1). Tobias contends that the Board abused its discretion by finding that she failed to demonstrate that deportation would cause her extreme hardship. 3 We have jurisdiction pursuant to section 106(a) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1105a, and we deny Tobias' petition. I. BACKGROUND 4 Tobias is sixty-two years old, a…