United States Third Circuit

A petitioner is eligible for political asylum and withholding of deportation where a credibility determination inappropriately relied on a letter containing conclusions from a Cameroon investigation. Evidence showed that petitioner was persecuted based on her political views.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/25/2002
• Decided 07/30/2002
• Published 07/30/2002

Judges

• Before BECKER, Chief Judge, SCIRICA, and RENDELL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sidney S. Rosdeitcher,Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, for Petitioner Glory Obianuju Ezeagwuna., James C. La Forge, Chadbourne & Parke, Upper Montclair, for Amicus-Appellant Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael T. Dougherty, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, Richard M. Evans, Terri J. Scadron, John M. McAdams, Jr., Donald E. Keener, Francis W. Fraser, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, Brian G. Slocum, United States Department of Justice, Washington, for Respondent John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States.