Lolong

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARJORIE KONDA LOLONG, 

Petitioner, No. 03-72384 v.  Agency No.

A77-427-355

ALBERTO GONZALES,* Attorney General, OPINION Respondent.  On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted November 5, 2004—San Francisco, California

Filed March 18, 2005

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, John T. Noonan, and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Betty Binns Fletcher

*Alberto Gonzales is substituted for his predecessor, John Ashcroft, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2). COUNSEL

Hilari Allred, Law Office of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, California, for the petitioner-appellant.

Lyle D. Jentzer, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, for the respondent-appellee. 3346 LOLONG v. GONZALES

OPINION

B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Marjorie Konda Lolong seeks asylum. Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Miriam Hayward granted relief, but the Board of Immi-…