United States Second Circuit

In petitioner's appeal of decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture, the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals is vacated and remanded, where: 1) the agency employed an incorrect standard of law; and 2) the proposed group of cooperating witnesses identified by petitioner as the basis for his claim of past persecution does constitute a "particular social group" under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2012
• Published 12/18/2012

Judges

• LEVAL

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel