Papazyan

ORDER

The panel has decided to amend the memorandum and dissent filed on June 6, 2006. An amended memorandum and dissent is filed concurrently with this order.

With the filing of the amended memorandum and dissent, the panel has voted to deny the petition for rehearing. Judge Thomas has voted to deny the petition for rehearing en banc, and Judge Wallace and Judge Hawkins so recommend.

The full court has been advised of the suggestion for rehearing en banc, and no judge of the court has requested a vote on the suggestion for rehearing en banc. Fed. R.App. P. 35(b).

The petition for rehearing is denied and the suggestion for rehearing en banc is rejected. No further petitions shall be entertained.

AMENDED MEMORANDUM *

Vergina Papazyan petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeal’s (“BIA’s”) decision affirming without opinion the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ’s”) denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We grant the petition for review.

Where the BIA affirms the IJ without an opinion, the IJ’s opinion becomes the final agency action and we review the IJ’s opinion. Lopez-Alvarado v. Ashcroft, 381 F.3d…