United States Third Circuit

An application for political asylum was improperly denied where: 1) a credibility determination was not supported by the record; and, 2) the Immigration Judge failed to consider potentially corroborative evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/07/2002
• Published 08/07/2002

Judges

• Before:  BECKER, Chief Judge, GREENBERG, Circuit Judge, and BARZILAY, Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Jack Artz (argued), Pasadena, CA, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Terri Jane Scadron, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, John M. McAdams, Jr., (argued), Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.