Vatyan

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

VLADIMIR VATYAN; AZATUHI 

PETROSYAN, No. 04-72386 Petitioners, Agency Nos. v.  A75-725-875 MICHAEL B. MUKASEY,* Attorney A75-725-876 General, OPINION Respondent.  On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

Argued and Submitted May 18, 2007—Pasadena, California

Filed November 27, 2007

Before: Raymond C. Fisher and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges, and Ricardo S. Martinez, District Judge.**

Opinion by Judge Fisher; Dissent by Judge Clifton

*Michael B. Mukasey is substituted for his predecessor, Alberto R. Gonzales, as Attorney General of the United States, pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2). **The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez, United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Vitaly B. Sigal, Liberman & Sigal, Los Angeles, California, for the petitioners.

Susan L. Siegal, David W. Folts, Stephen Paskey…