Salvador Navarro-Ochoa v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

85 F.3d 637 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Salvador NAVARRO-OCHOA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70728. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 9, 1996. Decided May 15, 1996. As Amended May 23, 1996. As Amended July 15, 1996. Before: REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Navarro-Ochoa appeals an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an immigration judge's decision to deny his request for waiver of deportation. Because the BIA adopted the immigration judge's order for the reasons stated therein, we review that order. Alaelua v. INS, 45 F.3d 1379, 1382 (9th Cir.1995). We review the balancing of equities underlying the decision on a waiver of deportation for an abuse of discretion. Yepes-Prado v. INS, 10 F.3d 1363, 1366 (9th Cir.1993). We conclude that the immigration judge's order is not supported by substantial evidence and therefore reverse the…