Oscar Dan Etim v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

92 F.3d 1192 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Oscar Dan ETIM, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70292. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 11, 1996. * Decided July 26, 1996. Before: WOOD, JR., ** CANBY, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM *** 2 Oscar Dan Etim petitions this court for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA" or "the Board") denying his applications for registry under § 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ("the Act"), 8 U.S.C. § 1259 , and for waiver under § 212(h) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (h). For the reasons provided below, we affirm the Board's decision. I. BACKGROUND 3 Etim, a native and citizen of Nigeria, lawfully entered the United States under a six-month, non-immigrant visa in 1968 to attend a church convention. During Etim's stay in the United States, a civil war erupted in Nigeria and most, if not all, of Etim's…