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· 4/3/2000

Sereja Yazitchian Lena Melkoumian v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Citations

  • 207 F.3d 1164
  • 2000 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2587
  • 2000 Daily Journal DAR 3497
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 5998
  • 2000 WL 339764

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  • rejecting the BIA's conclusion that the persecution suffered by Armenian petitioners accused of Dashnak party affiliation was personal, and holding that extortion demanded by the government arose in part because of imputed political opinion
  • “Because the immigration judge found the Yazitchians’ testimony credible, and the BIA did not make a contrary finding, we must accept as undisputed the facts as petitioners testified to them.”

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Judges: Wallace, Pregerson, Thomas

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