United States Second Circuit

Petition for review challenging order of removal is granted as remand is required for the BIA to articulate its position concerning whether and under what conditions the forced insertion of an intrauterine device constitutes persecution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/10/2007
• Published 08/10/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas V. Massucci, New York, NY, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice;  Linda S. Wernery, Assistant Director, Janice K. Redfern, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for respondent.