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MA v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-70956.

361 F.3d 553 (2004)

Kui Rong MA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted March 8, 2004.

Filed March 15, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jisheng Li, Esq., Law Office of Jisheng Li, Honolulu, HI, for the petitioner.

M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before BROWNING, REINHARDT, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.

Kui Rong Ma, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China ("China"), petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order denying his motion to reconsider or reopen its decision to deny him asylum. In denying the motion to reconsider, the BIA determined that only a spouse in a marriage "legally" registered with the Chinese government can establish past persecution and qualify as a refugee on the basis of his wife...

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