Legal Opinion
Mohammad Reza Daneshvar v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 20, 2004No. 02-3653PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKennedy, J., joined by Aldrich, D.J.,
GIBBONS, J. (pp. 629-34), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
*619OPINION
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
This case presents an appeal from the Board’s order denying Petitioner’s application for asylum and denying his petition for adjustment of status. We grant but stay the enforcement of the order denying the application for asylum. We reverse the Board’s denial of his petition for adjustment of status and remand that petition for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
Petitioner is a thirty-nine-year-old native and citizen of Iran, born on March 25, 1964. He was admitted to the…
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