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ANDRIASIAN v. I.N.S.

No. 97-70894.

180 F.3d 1033 (1999)

Samvel ANDRIASIAN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Hirsch, Keker & Van Nest, San Francisco, California, for petitioner.

Michelle Gluck, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before: FARRIS, REINHARDT, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Before 1988, Samvel Andriasian's family had lived relatively peacefully in Azerbaijan for seven generations. In 1988, however, a territorial dispute broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The resultant inflammation of ethnic tensions and escalation of violence abruptly ended the Andriasian family's prospects for peaceful existence as ethnic Armenians living in Azerbaijan. Samvel Andriasian, his wife, and his daughters soon found themselves...

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