Gevork Petrosyan v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

101 F.3d 706 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Gevork PETROSYAN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70407. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 7, 1996. * Decided Nov. 14, 1996. 1 Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals, No. Axz-puu-myq. 2 B.I.A. 3 REVIEW DENIED. 4 Before: FERNANDEZ and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges and SCHWARZER, ** District Judge. 5 MEMORANDUM *** 6 Gevork Petrosyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") dismissing as untimely his appeal of the decision of the immigration judge ("IJ") who denied Petrosyan's applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a. 7 Petrosyan contends that the BIA misled him into thinking that the BIA had accepted the appeal on certification. We review de novo whether the BIA had jurisdiction…