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IM v. GONZALES

No. 05-70027.

497 F.3d 990 (2007)

Pauline IM; Sitha Ngin, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 13, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmanuel Enyinwa, Law Offices of Emmanuel Enyinwa, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.

Manuel A. Palau, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondent-appellee.

Before B. FLETCHER, EUGENE E. SILER, JR., and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

I. Facts

In 1975 the Khmer Rouge seized power in Cambodia. Petitioner Im — then 22 years old and one year out of high school — was impressed into service as a forced laborer for the new totalitarian regime, and his family was killed. Four years later, the Vietnamese army invaded Cambodia, removing the Khmer Rouge from power. Vietnamese troops arrested Im in July of 1979. No criminal charges were...

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