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KHUDAVERDYAN v. HOLDER

No. 10-73346.

778 F.3d 1101 (2015)

Hayk KHUDAVERDYAN; Nadezhda Khudaverdyan, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 27, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yeznik O. Kazandjian , Glendale, California, for Petitioners.

Yanal H. Yousef , Trial Attorney, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr. , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Elizabeth A. Lopez , San Diego, California, for Amicus Curiae Casa Cornelia Law Center.

Opinion by Judge Graber; Concurrence by Judge Owens; Dissent by Judge Kleinfeld.

OPINION

Petitioners Hayk and Nadezhda Khudaverdyan seek asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ("CAT"), Dec. 10, 1984, 1465 U.N.T.S. 85. The Armenian military police detained, beat, and threatened...

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