
    Samuel BARRIOS, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondents.
    No. 00-70760.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted Nov. 8, 2001.
    
    Submission deferred Nov. 13, 2001.
    Resubmitted March 5, 2002.
    Decided June 17, 2003.
    Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       John Ashcroft is substituted for his predecessor, Janet Reno, as Attorney General of the United States. Fed. R.App. P. 430(2).
    
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

This court’s decision in Taniguchi v. Schultz, 303 F.3d 950 (9th Cir.2002), controls this case and precludes the habeas relief sought by Mr. Barrios.

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
     