United States Second Circuit

Denial of application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is vacated to the extent some of the IJ's 2001 findings were marked by significant legal errors. Petitioner's abortion- and sterilization-related claims for asylum, withholding, and CAT relief are remanded.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/08/2006
• Published 08/08/2006

Judges

• Before:  KEARSE, CALABRESI, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruno Joseph Bembi, Hempstead, N.Y., for Plaintiff-Appellant (on submission).


• For Appellees:
  
• Sara R. Robinson-Glasser, Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, for Debra W. Yang, United States Attorney for the Central District of California (Leon W. Weidman, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), Los Angeles, Ca., for Respondent (on submission).