REID v. U.S. I.N.S.

No. 90-70334.

949 F.2d 287 (1991)

Julian Carlton REID, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry S. Goldman, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner.

William J. Howard, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

Julian Carlton Reid, a.k.a. John Kenneth Opoku, appeals from a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board). We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

BACKGROUND AND PROCEEDINGS

Reid was born August 6, 1960 in Kumasi, Ghana. He alleges that he participated in a coup against the Rawlings government of Ghana; that the coup failed; and that some of his friends were captured and executed...

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