Filohivalu Tuitavake v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

85 F.3d 638 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Filohivalu TUITAVAKE, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70088. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 11, 1996. Decided May 7, 1996. Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, No. Apf-ouy-oha. B.I.A. PETITION DENIED. Before: HUG, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Filohivalu Tuitavake, a native and citizen of Tonga, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals which dismissed Tuitavake's appeal from an immigration judge's decision that found Tuitavake deportable and denied his request for a waiver of inadmissibility under § 212(c) of the Immigration & Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (c). We deny the petition. 3 1. Tuitavake asserts that there was insufficient evidence to show that he had been convicted in California of possession with…