Legal Opinion
Andaranik Bandari v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 26, 2000No. 98-71189PublishedCited by 257 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Andaranik Bandari, a native of Iran, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) decision denying his claim for asylum and withholding of deportation. Bandari is a twenty-five-year old Armenian Christian who fled Iran at age nineteen after being tortured for, and convicted of, interfaith dating. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105a (1996), as amended by section 309 of the Illegal Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. We conclude that the BIA erred in affirming the IJ’s adverse credibility determination. We deem him…
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