Case Name: Rita MARGARIAN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-08-29
Citations: 17 F. App'x 670
Docket Number: No. 99-71554; INS No. A70-960-441
Parties: Rita MARGARIAN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 17
Pages: 670–671

Head Matter:
Rita MARGARIAN, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 99-71554.
INS No. [ AXX-XXX-XXX ].
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Aug. 15, 2001.
Decided Aug. 29, 2001.
Before WOOD, Jr., KOZINSKI and O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.
The Honorable Harlington Wood, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Sufficient evidence supports the BIA's denial of Margarian's asylum claim on the grounds that she is not credible. See INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 112 S.Ct 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). "[I]f the trier of fact either does not believe the applicant or does not know what to believe, the applicant's failure to corroborate [her] testimony can be fatal to [her] asylum application." Sidhu v. INS, 220 F.3d 1085, 1090 (9th Cir.2000).
However, the BIA abused its discretion in denying petitioner's motion to remand or reopen to hear her claim under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. This case is remanded in light of Kamalthas v. INS, 251 F.3d 1279 (9th Cir.2001).
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.