Francisco Vanguardia Batiller v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

89 F.3d 844 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Francisco Vanguardia BATILLER, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 94-70665. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 12, 1996. Decided July 9, 1996. 1 Before: GOODWIN and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and WARE, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Petitioner entered the United States on July 14, 1982, claiming to be the unmarried son of a lawful permanent resident. During his deportation hearing, the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") presented a marriage contract indicating that petitioner was married to Edna Y. Pabellan before a municipal judge in the Philippines. 4 At the hearing, petitioner testified that he and Ms. Pabellan did have a marriage ceremony, but that he secretly arranged with the judge for the marriage to be legally invalid. Petitioner explained that Ms. Pabellan was pressuring him to marry her, but he did not want to do so…