SAEL v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-71872.

386 F.3d 922 (2004)

Taty Lieana Tearsa SAEL, Orville Wright Manariangkuba, Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted October 14, 2004.

Filed October 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Ryan, Law Offices of Valencia & Wong, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioners.

Jeffrey J. Bernstein and Jamie M. Dowd, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before B. FLETCHER, TROTT, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Taty Lieana Tearsa Sael ("Sael") and her husband, Orville Wright Manariangkuba ("Manariangkuba"), seek asylum from Indonesia. Immigration Judge ("IJ") Miriam Hayward granted relief, but the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") reversed. We grant the petition for review because Sael, the lead petitioner, has established a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of her Chinese ethnicity. Sael has demonstrated that Indonesians...

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