Georgina Garcia De Santos v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

87 F.3d 1318 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Georgina GARCIA de SANTOS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70854. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 11, 1996. * Decided June 18, 1996. 1 Before: CANBY, NOONAN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Georgina Garcia de Santos, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' dismissal of her appeal from the immigration judge's order refusing to reopen deportation proceedings that had been conducted in absentia. Garcia de Santos contends that she established exceptional circumstances excusing her failure to appear at her deportation hearing. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1252b(c)(3)(A); 1252b(f)(2) ("The term 'exceptional circumstances' refers to exceptional circumstances (such as serious illness of the alien or death of an immediate relative of the alien, but not including less compelling…