United States Fourth Circuit

Denial of asylum is upheld as to finding petitioner ineligible for humanitarian asylum, but vacated and remanded as to the finding that changed circumstances rebut the presumption of a well-founded fear of future persecution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/22/2006
• Decided 07/31/2006
• Published 07/31/2006

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HENRY F. FLOYD, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Catherine A. Reynolds, Law Office of David Garfield, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.  R. Joseph Sher, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Respondent.   ON BRIEF:  Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Respondent.