STOYANOV v. I.N.S.

No. 97-70045.

149 F.3d 1226 (1998)

Iordan Nikolov STOYANOV, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Popov, Beverly Hills, California, for petitioner.

Donald M. Remy, Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before: O'SCANNLAIN, TROTT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.


TROTT, Circuit Judge:

Iordan Nikolov Stoyanov petitions for review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The BIA dismissed Mr. Stoyanov's appeal of an immigration judge's denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation to Bulgaria. Because the BIA relied on flawed evidence in its decision, we grant the petition and remand for reconsideration.

When the BIA has independently reviewed an immigration judge's findings, we review...

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