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CHEN v. ASHCROFT

No. 99-71546.

289 F.3d 1113 (2002)

Jian CHEN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted February 22, 2002.

Filed May 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy A. Nelson, Darrel S. Jackson, Brown & Bain, P.A., Phoenix, AZ; H. Elizabeth Dallam, Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, Inc., Tucson, AZ, for the petitioner.

Matthew R. Hall, Office of Immigration Litigation, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, NOONAN and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

NOONAN, Circuit Judge.

Jian Chen petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board) denying his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Reversing the Board, we grant Chen's petition.

FACTS

Jian Chen was born July 14, 1979 in Fujian Province, China. He lived with his parents, his sister and his brother in a small village in that province. In...

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