Mohammad Ebrahim Suradi v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

960 F.2d 152 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Mohammad Ebrahim SURADI, Petitioner, v. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent. No. 90-70217. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 6, 1991. * Decided Feb. 21, 1992. Before JAMES R. BROWNING, FERGUSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Mohammad Ebrahim Suradi-Khalil, a native and citizen of Jordan, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA's) denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation. We grant his petition, reverse the board's decision, and remand. 3 At his hearing before the Immigration Judge (IJ), Suradi testified that he was born in Jordan to Palestinian parents, who moved to Jerusalem while he remained in Jordan to finish high school. He stated that he served in the Jordanian army in order to obtain a passport, and could not join his family in Israel because of his Jordanian citizenship. He testified that…