MARTIROSYAN v. I.N.S.

No. 98-70979.

229 F.3d 903 (2000)

Mesrop MARTIROSYAN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 23, 2000.

As Amended November 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis A. Gordon, Los Angeles, California, D. Jade Mundel, Los, for the petitioner-appellant.

Angeles, California, for the petitioner-appellant.

Robbin K. Blaya, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent-appellee.

Before: J. Clifford WALLACE, Harry PREGERSON, and Sidney R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted March 8, 2000. — Pasadena, California

Opinion by Judge PREGERSON; Dissent by Judge WALLACE.

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Mesrop Martirosyan, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA's") decision to adopt and affirm the Immigration Judge's ("IJ's") denial of his request for asylum and withholding of deportation. The IJ found that Martirosyan failed to establish a well-founded...

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