United States Third Circuit

A Colombian national's petition for review of the BIA's affirmance of the IJ's denial of his application for asylum and related relief, on the ground that he had not shown that he would be persecuted on account of actual or imputed political beliefs if he were removed to Colombia, is granted as the BIA's conclusion that the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia's (FARC) threats were not centrally motivated by a political opinion the guerrillas imputed to petitioner was not supported by substantial evidence in the record.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/24/2010
• Decided 06/02/2010
• Published 06/02/2010

Judges

• Before RENDELL, AMBRO, and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter M. Rogers, Esq. [Argued], Rogers & Rogers, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dalin R. Holyoak, Esq. [Argued], Kristen Giuffreda Chapman, Esq., Regina Byrd, Esq., Francis W. Fraser, I, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Respondent.