Case Name: Oleg MOROZOV, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-07-10
Citations: 70 F. App'x 458
Docket Number: No. 01-70713; INS No. A78-252-007
Parties: Oleg MOROZOV, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, NOONAN and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 70
Pages: 458–459

Head Matter:
Oleg MOROZOV, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 01-70713.
INS No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Jan. 17, 2003.
Decided July 10, 2003.
Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, NOONAN and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
Petitioner Oleg Morozov appeals the denial by the Board of Immigration Appeal's (the Board) denial of his petition for asylum and withholding of deportation and for withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture. Morozov argues he was persecuted in the Ukraine on account of his political beliefs and that he was tortured as defined by the Convention Against Torture (CAT). 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(1). The Board found Morozov to be credible, so his statements are taken as true. Leiva-Montalvo v. I.N.S., 173 F.3d 749, 750 (9th Cir.1999).
The Board failed to address Morozov's harsh imprisonment by the government as a type of torture triggering the application of CAT. It was the Board's responsibility to rule on this claim as set out in Morozov's testimony. Accordingly, Morozov's petition is GRANTED and the case is REMANDED to the Board of Immigration Appeals for decision in accordance with this order.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.