Duong Trung Lam v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

103 F.3d 139 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Duong Trung LAM, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70504, 96-70730. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 6, 1996. Decided Nov. 26, 1996. Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, No. Aaz-yjq-nvq. B.I.A. REVIEW DENIED. Before: GOODWIN, WIGGINS, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Petitioner Duong Trung Lam, a citizen of Vietnam, seeks review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), ordering Lam deported under section 241(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for having been convicted of armed robbery, a crime of moral turpitude, within five years of his entry to the United States. The BIA upheld the immigration judge's finding that Lam had abandoned his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We affirm. BACKGROUND 3 On August 5, 1994, the IJ sent Lam a certified…