United States Tenth Circuit

Summary denial of Bulgarians' application for asylum was incorrect, where the INS's evidence of changed conditions was insufficient to rebut the presumption of a well-founded fear of future persecution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/17/2002
• Published 06/17/2002

Judges

• BRISCOE, Circuit Judge., Before EBEL, McKAY and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter Popov, Beverly Hills, California, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• David V. Bernal, Assistant Director (Emily Anne Radford, Assistant Director, and Brian G. Slocum, Attorney, on the brief), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.