United States First Circuit

A petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision affirming an Immigration Judge's (IJ) denial of petitioner's requests for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is granted, where the BIA's and IJ's determinations that petitioner did not demonstrate past persecution on account of a protected ground were not supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/23/2014
• Published 07/23/2014

Judges

• THOMPSON

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel