Legal Opinion
Sahar Ouda v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 31, 2003No. 01-3869PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POLSTER, District Judge.
Petitioner Sahar Ouda seeks judicial review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the Immigration Judge’s denial of her application for asylum. For the reasons set forth below, the judgment of the BIA is REVERSED and the ease is REMANDED to the BIA for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. Background
Sahar Ouda is a stateless Palestinian born in Kuwait on February 26, 1971. 1 In July of 1992, Ouda, her parents and her two younger brothers departed Kuwait for Bulgaria on one-month visitors’ visas. They remained in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Farid Faham Gamal Ghaly v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Guennadi Y. Mikhailevitch v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- MOGARRABIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1987
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3Cited by166 opinions
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