The opinion
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-1001
VARTKES GARABED, a/k/a Vartkes Garabed Nazarian,
Petitioner,
versus
BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS,
Respondent.
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Immigration & Natural-
ization Service. (A31-318-677)
Submitted: May 31, 1996 Decided: July 26, 1996
Before WILKINS and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Vartkes Garabed, Petitioner Pro Se. Michael Peter Lindemann, Sr.,
Norah Ascoli Schwarz, Jennifer Helene Zawid, UNITED STATES DEPART-
MENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Vartkes Garabed, a/k/a Vartkes Garabed Nazarian, appeals from
the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision denying him relief from
deportation under § 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
We have reviewed the BIA's decision adopting the immigration
judge's reasoning and denying relief and discern no abuse of dis-
cretion or other error meriting reversal. See Gandarillas-Zambrana
v. Board of Immigration Appeals, 44 F.3d 1251, 1259 (4th Cir.)
(providing standard), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 64 U.S.L.W. 3203,
3239 (U.S. Oct. 2, 1995) (No. 94-1720). Accordingly, we affirm.* We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
*
Given this disposition, we deny Nazarian's motion for a stay
of deportation pending our resolution of his appeal. We therefore
deny the INS's motion to clarify its opposition to Nazarian's
motion as moot.
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