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MINASYAN v. MUKASEY

No. 06-73192.

553 F.3d 1224 (2009)

Mushegh MINASYAN, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shawn Sedaghat, Hollywood, CA, for the petitioner.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General; Anh-Thu Mai, Senior Litigation Counsel; Peter H. Matson, DOJ Attorney; Margaret O'Donnell (argued), DOJ Attorney, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, Circuit Judge, ROGER J. MINER, Senior Circuit Judge, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judge.

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

An alien seeking asylum must, with some exceptions, "demonstrate[ ] by clear and convincing evidence that the application [for asylum] has been filed within one year after the date of the alien's arrival in the United States." 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(B). Mushegh Minasyan arrived in the United States from Armenia on April 9, 2001, and filed an application for asylum on April 9, 2002. Our question is whether his application was timely. The...

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