United States Ninth Circuit

Armenian citizen's petition for review of a denial of her motion to reopen removal proceedings on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel is denied in part and granted in part, and the matter is remanded with instructions for the BIA to consider a claim that she was entitled to benefit from a presumption of prejudice, and that she demonstrated plausible grounds for relief when she submitted evidence that her fear of persecution had an objective basis.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/19/2007
• Published 11/19/2007

Judges

• Before:  HARRY PREGERSON, STEPHEN REINHARDT, and A. WALLACE TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Artem M. Sarian, Esq., Glendale, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Esq., Linda S. Wernery, Esq., Daniel G. Lonegran, Esq., Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.