TOUFIGHI v. MUKASEY

No. 04-74010.

510 F.3d 1059 (2007)

Pejman TOUFIGHI, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Whitley Chandler, Sidley Austin, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner.

Adam M. Dinnell (argued) and Terri Scadron, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before: MARSHA S. BERZON and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and JAMES K. SINGLETON, JR., Senior District Judge.


Opinion by Judge SINGLETON; Dissent by Judge BERZON.

SINGLETON, Senior District Judge:

Pejman Toufighi, a native and citizen of Iran, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("Board") which denied his motion to reopen his claims for asylum and withholding of removal. Toufighi sought to reopen the proceedings in reliance on his marriage to a United States citizen, and what he contended were changed circumstances in Iran material...

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