Manuel Policarpio Sandil v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

91 F.3d 154 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Manuel Policarpio SANDIL, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70719. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 9, 1996. * Decided July 15, 1996. Before: HUG, Chief Judge, SCHROEDER and POOLE, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Sandil petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (Board) denial of suspension of deportation under section 244(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act), 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (a)(1). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 3 We review decisions denying deportation suspension under section 244 for "abuse of discretion." Tukhowinich v. INS, 64 F.3d 460, 463 (9th Cir.1995). The INS may narrowly define extreme hardship, a requirement for deportation relief under section 244. See INS v. Jong Ha Wang, 450 U.S. 139, 145 (1981). However, an abuse of discretion includes a failure…