Krotova

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LIOUDMILA G. KROTOVA; ANASTASIA  No. 04-70806

KROTOVA; ALEKSANDRA KROTOVA,

Petitioners, Agency Nos. v.  A76-853-686

A76-853-817

ALBERTO R. GONZALES, Attorney A76-853-818 General,

OPINION

Respondent.  On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted June 17, 2005—Seattle, Washington

Filed August 4, 2005

Before: Harry Pregerson, Susan P. Graber, and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Graber

10085 10088 KROTOVA v. GONZALES

COUNSEL

Angela Bortel and Christopher A. Kerosky, Kerosky & Asso- ciates, San Francisco, California, for the petitioners.

Jennifer Keeney, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, D.C., for the respondent.

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Lead Petitioner Lioudmila Krotova and her daughters, Anastasia Krotova and Aleksandra Krotova, who are all natives and citizens of Russia, petition for review of a final order of removal by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). The BIA denied their applications for asylum and withholding of removal because it…