VATYAN v. MUKASEY

No. 07-72386.

508 F.3d 1179 (2007)

Vladimir VATYAN; Azatuhi Petrosyan, Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vitaly B. Sigal, Liberman & Sigal, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioners.

Susan L. Siegal, David W. Folts, Stephen Paskey and Molly L. DeBusschere (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: RAYMOND C. FISHER and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges, and RICARDO S. MARTINEZ, District Judge.


Opinion by Judge FISHER; Dissent by Judge CLIFTON.

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

Vladimir Vatyan, an Armenian citizen, petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision upholding an Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of Vatyan's application for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. During his asylum hearing, Vatyan attempted to introduce documents purportedly...

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