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On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: September 1, 2004, Vacated: February 23, 2005; Resubmitted: March 24, 2005; Filed: April 21, 2005.

21 April 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued and Submitted September 1, 2004 Pasadena, California; Filed April 21, 2005. A petition for writ of certorari to the United State Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit was granted by the Supreme Court of the United States, which vacated the judgement and remanded the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for further consideration in light of Gonzales v. Thomas, 547 U.S. ___, 126 S. Ct. 1613, 164 L. Ed. 2d 358 (2006).

21 April 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Russian Federation - United States of America

Argued and Submitted: October 7, 2004. Filed: April 18, 2005. Opinion by Judge McKeown; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Trott.

18 April 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued and Submitted July 15, 2004 San Francisco, California; Filed April 13, 2005.

13 April 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Credibility assessment | Countries: India - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued and Submitted November 5, 2004 San Francisco, California; Filed March 18, 2005.

18 March 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Indonesia - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued and Submitted: November 3, 2004.

10 March 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Somalia - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals

8 March 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Deportation / Forcible return - Sexual and reproductive rights - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

7 March 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - HIV and AIDS - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Shia - Social group persecution | Countries: Lebanon - United States of America

Petition for review granted on grounds that no evidence suggested that the applicant and his family could relocate safely in another part of the country.

3 December 2004 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Pakistan - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

9 November 2004 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: China - United States of America