Rodriguez-Aceituno v. INS ( 1996 )

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 95-60701
Conference Calendar
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RENE AUGUSTO RODRIGUEZ-ACEITUNO,
Petitioner,
versus
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE,
Respondent.
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Petition for Review of an Order of the
Board of Immigration Appeals
A30 464 222
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June 26, 1996
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BARKSDALE, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Rene Rodriguez-Aceituno (Rodriguez) petitions for review of
the summary dismissal by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
of his appeal from the Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of his
application for relief from deportation pursuant to § 212(c) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act. Rodriguez fails to
challenge the BIA's dismissal but instead challenges only the
*
Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule
47.5.4.
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IJ's decision. This court, however, "is authorized to review
only the order of the [BIA], not the decision of the immigration
judge." Castillo-Rodriguez v. INS, 929 F.2d 181, 183 (5th Cir.
1991). Because Rodriguez fails to present this court with the
only appealable issue, the propriety of the BIA's dismissal, his
petition is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d
215, 219-20 (5th Cir. 1983); 5th Cir. R. 42.2.