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MOUSA v. MUKASEY

No. 04-75998.

530 F.3d 1025 (2008)

Maha George MOUSA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted June 27, 2008.

Filed June 27, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas D. Nelson, Alejandro O. Campillo, A.P.L.C., San Diego, CA, for the petitioner.

Sara Winslow, United States Attorney's Office, San Francisco, CA, for the respondent.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Maha George Mousa ("Mousa"), a native and citizen of Iraq, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order that denied her application for asylum and withholding of removal.1 We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252, and we grant Mousa's petition.

BACKGROUND

Mousa is a Chaldean Christian who lived in Iraq before fleeing to the United States in 2001. She testified...

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