United States Second Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's claim for asylum is reversed where the Immigration Judge erred in finding that the retaliation plaintiff experienced because of his opposition to local government extortion in Tianjin City, China, did not constitute persecution on account of political opinion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/14/2005
• Published 10/14/2005

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before:  SOTOMAYOR, PARKER, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey C. Bloom, Jeffrey C. Bloom, P.C., Flushing, New York, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher J. Christie, United States Attorney, District of New Jersey (Susan Handler-Menahem, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), Newark, NJ, for the respondent.