Legal Opinion
Maya Avetova-Elisseva v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 26, 2000No. 98-70547PublishedCited by 256 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge SHADUR; Dissent by Judge WARDLAW.
SHADUR, District Judge:
Maya Avetova-Elisseva (“Avetova”), a 62 year-old Armenian native and citizen of both Azerbaijan and Russia, petitions for review of a final decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the denial by an immigration judge (“IJ”) of her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Avetova claims that she suffered persecution in Russia on account of her Armenian ethnicity and Mormon faith and that she has a well-founded fear of future persecution if she were returned to that country.3 We have…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Farid Faham Gamal Ghaly v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2252, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3751 Saideh Fisher, AKA Saideh Hassib-Tehrani Kian Hosseini Lavasani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Brijmati SINGH, 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
- Ranjit John Singh Chand Kumari, A/K/A Chand Kumari Singh Renika Singh v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by256 opinions
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- Shpetim Hoxha v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Wakkary v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- Anant Ram Sangeeta Ram Nazra Bibi Ram v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
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