Case Name: Razmik OVANESYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-10-20
Citations: 585 F. App'x 469
Docket Number: No. 08-72750
Parties: Razmik OVANESYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 585
Pages: 469–470

Head Matter:
Razmik OVANESYAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 08-72750.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 14, 2014.
Filed Oct. 20, 2014.
Areg Kazaryan, Law Offices of Areg Kazaryan, Glendale, CA, for Petitioner.
District Counsel, Esquire, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald E. Le-fevre, Office of the District Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, Anthony W. Norwood, O.I.L., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
Before: LEAVY, GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Razmik Ovanesyan, a native of Iran and a citizen of Armenia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge's ("IJ") decision denying his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings. Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1184-85 (9th Cir.2006). We grant the petition for review and we remand.
In light of the IJ's finding that Ovanes-yan was credible, the record does not support thé agency's determination that his asylum application was untimely. See Khunaverdiants v. Mukasey, 548 F.3d 760, 766-67 (9th Cir.2008) (agency erred in finding application untimely where IJ credited petitioner's testimony about experiences in home country that occurred less than one year before he filed his asylum application).
In denying Ovanesyan's asylum and withholding of removal claims, the agency found Ovanesyan failed to establish a nex us to a protected ground. When the IJ and BIA issued their decisions in this case they did not have the benefit of this court's decisions in Henriquez-Rivas v. Holder, 707 F.3d 1081 (9th Cir.2013) (en banc), Cordoba v. Holder, 726 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir.2013), and Pirir-Boc v. Holder, 750 F.3d 1077 (9th Cir.2014), or the BIA's decisions in Matter of M-E-V-G-, 26 I. & N. Dec. 227 (BIA 2014), and Matter of W-G-R-, 26 I. & N. Dec. 208 (BIA 2014). Thus, we remand Ovanesyan's asylum and withholding of removal claims to determine the impact, if any, of these decisions. See INS v. Ventura, 537 U.S. 12, 16-18, 123 S.Ct. 353, 154 L.Ed.2d 272 (2002) (per curiam). In light of this remand, we do not reach Ovanesyan's remaining challenges to the agency's denial of his asylum and withholding of removal claims at this time.
PETITION FOR REVIEW GRANTED; REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.