United States Second Circuit

Petition for review of orders dismissing application for asylum and denying motion to reconsider is granted as to the decision dismissing petitioner's appeal, as it contains significant ambiguities and potential misunderstandings of the relevant legal standards.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/30/2006
• Decided 06/26/2007
• Published 06/26/2007

Judges

• CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  CARDAMONE, WALKER, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael P. DiRaimondo, Melville, N.Y. (Marialaina L. Masi, Mary Elizabeth Delli-Pizzi, DiRaimondo & Masi, LLP, Melville, NY, of counsel), for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Norman Cairns, Assistant United States Attorney, Albuquerque, NM (David C. Iglesias, United States Attorney, District of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM), filed a brief for Respondent.