Serhan
Serhan v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Ahmad Hussein Serhan, a native and citizen of Lebanon, petitions pro se for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order finding him statutorily ineligible for suspension of deportation, sum *654 marily dismissing his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation, and dismissing his appeal from the IJ’s decision regarding the order of rescission. Because the transitional rules apply, see Kalaw v. INS, 133 F.3d 1147, 1150 (9th Cir.1997), this court has jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a). We deny the petition for review.
Serhan’s contentions challenging his statutory eligibility for suspension of deportation are foreclosed by our decision in Ram v. INS, 243 F.3d 510, 518-19 (9th Cir.2001). We do not consider Serhan’s eligibility, if any, for relief under the class action pending in the district court in accordance with Barahona-Gomez v. Reno, 167 F.3d 1228 (9th Cir.1999), supplemental opinion, 236 F.3d 1115 (9th Cir.2001). Our resolution of this case does not affect any interim or permanent relief awarded to members of the class certified in Barahona-Gomez.