Carlos Edgar Duarte-Montano v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

92 F.3d 1191 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Carlos Edgar DUARTE-MONTANO, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70811. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 29, 1996. * Decided Aug. 5, 1996. Before: HUG, Chief Judge, SCHROEDER, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Carlos Edgar Duarte-Montano ("Duarte-Montano"), a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for voluntary departure sought pursuant to section 244(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (e). 3 In his petition to this court, Duarte-Montano contends that the BIA erred by concluding that he was statutorily ineligible for voluntary departure. Duarte-Montano also contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at his deportation hearing. We have…