Alexander Sabas-Mendoza v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

104 F.3d 366 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Alexander SABAS-MENDOZA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 95-70396. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Oct. 2, 1996. * Decided Dec. 20, 1996. 1 Before: SKOPIL and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and RHOADES, ** District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Pro se petitioner Alexander Sabas-Mendoza, a citizen of the Philippines, appeals the final decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying his claim to derivative U.S. citizenship and his request for asylum. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) and we affirm. 4 Alexander Sabas-Mendoza ("Sabas-Mendoza") arrived in the United States from the Philippines on May 8, 1992. He came as a non-immigrant visitor for pleasure under a six month visitor's visa originally set to expire on November 7, 1992. Sabas-Mendoza filed a petition for political asylum with the Immigration and Naturalization Service…