KECHICHIAN v. MUKASEY

No. 07-1584.

535 F.3d 15 (2008)

Astghik KECHICHIAN, Petitioner, v. Michael MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Igor Freyman, Mulvey, Sneider & Freyman, PC, Susanna L. Shafer, and Law Office of Susanna L Shafer on brief for petitioner.

Kathryn L. Deangelis, Trial Attorney, Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, HOWARD, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Astghik Kechichian, a native and citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of a final order of removal of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). The BIA agreed with the finding of the Immigration Judge ("IJ") that Kechichian is not entitled to withholding of removal because she has not shown that it is more likely than not she would be persecuted were she to return to Armenia. The BIA declined to address...

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