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KOVAL v. GONZALES

No. 04-3652.

418 F.3d 798 (2005)

Marina KOVAL and Valeriy Vagil, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 16, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Berman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.

Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Rodney Morris (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners Marina Koval and Valeriy Vagil seek review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA" or "Board") that affirmed the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") denial of their request for asylum. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we grant the petition for review, reverse the judgment of the BIA and remand the case for further consideration.

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