United States Third Circuit

Petitioner satisfied the standards for political asylum and those for withholding of deportation where the record revealed that Chinese police went after him for being "involved in the democracy movement," and that upon his return to China, his life or freedom would be threatened because of his political opinions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2000
• Decided 01/24/2001
• Published 01/24/2001

Judges

• BEFORE: BARRY, COWEN and WOOD, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Theodore N. Cox, (Argued), New York, NY, Counsel for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda S. Wendtland, Terri J. Scadron, John M. McAdams, Jr., Robbin K. Blaya, (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Counsel for Respondent.