STOYANOV v. I.N.S.

No. 97-71157.

172 F.3d 731 (1999)

Zavtcho STOYANOV, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Mullery, McVey and Mullery, San Francisco, California, for the petitioner.

Thankful T. Vanderstar, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: FLETCHER and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, District Judge.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Zavtcho Stoyanov, a citizen and national of Bulgaria, petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) vacating a grant of asylum by an Immigration Judge (IJ) and ordering deportation. In vacating the IJ's grant of asylum, the BIA rejected the IJ's finding that Stoyanov was credible. We grant Stoyanov's petition for review, vacate the BIA's decision, and remand for further proceedings.

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