Victor Manuel Sanchinelli-Palma v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

87 F.3d 1321 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Victor Manuel SANCHINELLI-PALMA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70416. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 11, 1996. * Decided June 19, 1996. Before: CANBY, NOONAN, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Victor Manuel Sanchinelli-Palma, a native and citizen of Guatemala, seeks review pro se of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of his motion to reopen deportation proceedings to consider his application for suspension of deportation under section 244(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA"), 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (a). The BIA declined to reopen Sanchinelli-Palma's proceedings because he failed to show extreme hardship. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) and grant the petition for review. 3 We review the BIA's denial of a motion to reopen for abuse of discretion. Limsico v. INS, 951 F.2d 210, 213…