United States Second Circuit

In determining whether asylum applicant had suffered persecution on account of political activity, the court must focus on all of applicant's activities and not just the the first activity that may have led to his participation on other activities.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/20/2000
• Decided 05/08/2001
• Published 05/08/2001

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:, Before: CARDAMONE, SOTOMAYOR, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anne Pilsbury (Amelia Shogan, on the brief), Central American Legal Assistance, Brooklyn, NY, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Meredith E. Kotler, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, N.Y. (Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, Diogenes P. Kekatos and Gideon A. Schor, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Respondent.