Legal Opinion
Zakia Mashiri v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 2, 2004No. 02-71841PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Zakia Mashiri (“Zakia”) petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of deportation and voluntary departure. 1 We grant the petition on the issue of asylum because Zakia’s credible testimony compels a finding of past persecution and because the respondent (“the government”) has failed to rebut the presumption of a well-founded fear of future persecution.
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Zakia and her husband, Farid Mashiri (“Farid”), are natives of Afghanistan. The Mashiris moved to Germany in…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. VenturaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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- Mario Ernesto Navas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Naseem Salman Al-Harbi v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by143 opinions
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