Legal Opinion
Angov v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 4, 2013No. 07-74963PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:
Five other circuits have held that an immigration judge violates due process or the immigration laws by relying on a State Department investigation of an asylum petitioner’s claim. Do we fall in line?
I. BACKGROUND
Nikolay Angov, a Bulgarian citizen, claims he was persecuted by the Bulgarian government because he is Roma.1 He alleges repeated abuse at the hands of the Bulgarian police, including beatings, false accusations of crimes and illegitimate arrests. After three years of this treatment, he fled Bulgaria and sought asylum in the United States.
An IJ conducted…
2Cases cited74 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Angov v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- Sylvester Owino v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
- Angov v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
- C-C-IBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2014