Eddie Harry Kwabena Amoakuh v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

81 F.3d 167 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Eddie Harry Kwabena AMOAKUH, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70830. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 15, 1996. * Decided March 26, 1996. 1 Before: HALL and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges, and WEINER, District Judge. ** 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Eddie Harry Kwabena Amoakuh, a native of Ghana, appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) dismissal of his appeal of the Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of his applications for suspension of deportation and voluntary departure, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1254 (a)(1) and (e), and the IJ's order deporting him under 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (a)(9). We deny his petition for review. I. 4 Amoakuh first contests the BIA's denial of suspension of deportation. To be eligible for this relief, an alien must prove that (1) he has been continuously present in the United States for the seven years preceding his application; (2) he…