Kocharyan

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT NOV 16 2009

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

KAREN KOCHARYAN, No. 06-72564

Petitioner, Agency No. A97-613-841

v.

MEMORANDUM *

ERIC H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General,

Respondent.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Submitted November 6, 2009** San Francisco, California

Before: HAWKINS and THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN, *** District Judge.

Karen Kocharyan, a native of the former Soviet Union and citizen of Armenia,

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable Edward R. Korman, United States District Judge, Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation.

1 appeals the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), affirming and

adopting the immigration judge’s…