Parussimova

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TATYANA MICHAILOVNA 

PARUSSIMOVA,

No. 06-75217 Petitioner, v.  Agency No.

A98-822-251

MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, Attorney

OPINION

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

Argued and Submitted May 14, 2008—San Francisco, California

Filed July 24, 2008

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain and Michael Daly Hawkins, Circuit Judges, and James V. Selna,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

*The Honorable James V. Selna, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Saad Ahmad, Esq., Saad Ahmad & Associates, Fremont, Cali- fornia, argued the cause for the petitioner and filed a brief; Robert L. Volz, Esq., Saad Ahmad & Associates, Fremont, California, was on the brief.

Sarah Maloney, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued the cause for the respondent and filed a brief; James E. Grimes, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Peter D. Keisler, Assistant…