Ayad Hanna v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service

94 F.3d 651 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ayad HANNA, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70540. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 12, 1996. * Decided Aug. 22, 1996. Before: BROWNING, SCHROEDER and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Ayad Hanna, a native and citizen of Iraq, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") denial of his motion to reopen deportation proceedings after the BIA dismissed his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision finding him deportable as charged after a hearing held in absentia. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a), and we deny the petition. 3 We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a motion to reopen. INS v. Doherty, 502 U.S. 314, 324 (1992). 4 In Caruncho v. INS, 68 F.3d 356, 360-61 (9th Cir.1995), we stated: 5 The law is well settled that the BIA may deny a motion to reopen for any…