Legal Opinion
Maiane Mgoian v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 13, 1999No. 97-70134PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge:
Maiane Mgoian petitions this court for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of her application for asylum and refusal to withhold deportation under sections 208(a) and 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a) and 1253(h), respectively. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § llOSafe),1 and, for the reasons which follow, we grant her petition.
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Maiane Mgoian is a Kurdish-Moslem citizen of Armenia. She was admitted to the United States as a non-immigrant visitor for pleasure on June 17, 1993. Under the terms of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Noemi GARROVILLAS, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- Mihaly Kotasz, Agnes Horvath Kotasz, Matyas Kotasz, and Erika Kotasz v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Vera KORABLINA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by122 opinions
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