Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit March 8, 2004, No. 02-74297; Agency No. A70-915-340 (Patel v. Immigration & Naturalization Service)

MEMORANDUM**

Baldevbhai Somabhi Patel, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of an order of the BIA dismissing his appeal from the immigration judge’s denial of his motion to reopen in absentia deportation proceedings from 1996. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) (1995), and we deny the petition.