United States Third Circuit

Petition for review of the denial of petitioner's claim for asylum is granted where the rationale for denying petitioner's claim that he was persecuted due to membership in a particular social group was unexplained, and substantial evidence did not support a conclusion that petitioner did not suffer past persecution on account of imputed political opinion.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/20/2005
• Decided 12/30/2005
• Published 12/30/2005

Judges

• Before SMITH, BECKER, and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nathaniel A. Vitan (Argued), Amanda P. Biles, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher C. Fuller, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Paula K. Speck, Gretchen M. Wolfinger (Argued), Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.