Mersropyanan

Mersropyanan v. Gonzales

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223 F. App'x 579
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 27, 2007No. 05-70187California296 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Diana Mersropyanan, and her husband, Hayk Baghdasaryan, natives and citizens of Armenia, petition pro se for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order adopting and affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying their application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under to the Convention Against Torture. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Garro *581 villas v. INS, 156 F.3d 1010, 1013 (9th Cir.1998), and we grant the petition for review.

The IJ’s findings that Mersropyanan’s testimony was inconsistent regarding whether it was the “prosecutors” or “customs agents” who came to her house in May 2001 and how the authorities entered her house on September 20, 2001, do not constitute substantial evidence to support an adverse credibility finding. See Singh v. Ashcroft, 362 F.3d 1164, 1172 (9th Cir.2004) (holding that the BIA must explain how discrepancies go to the heart of the claim). Further, Mersropyanan fully explained the discrepancy as to whether she made the video regarding what happened to her brother before or after speaking with the customs agent Sarkisian and, in any…

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