Khacherayan

Khacherayan v. Mukasey

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308 F. App'x 137
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 13, 2009No. 04-74566California244 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

ORDER

The government’s request for modification is granted. The memorandum disposition filed on October 31, 2008, 2008 WL 4788274 , is withdrawn. A replacement memorandum disposition will be filed concurrently with this order.

Khacherayan’s request for publication is denied.

No further petitions for rehearing will be entertained in this closed case.

MEMORANDUM **

Anzhela Khacherayan and her son, natives and citizens of Armenia, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s order removing them from the United States. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing for substantial evidence, Nakamo-to v. Ashcroft, 363 F.3d 874, 881 (9th Cir. 2004), we grant the petition for review and remand.

The government must present clear and convincing evidence to remove an alien. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c)(3)(A). Here, the removal order proceeds from USCIS’s termination of petitioners’ asylee status. The termination of status reflected the government’s view that, at the time she applied *139 for asylum, lead petitioner knowingly misrepresented that her husband was dead. We find that the order of removal is not…

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