United States Fourth Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of petitioner's asylum application is vacated and remanded, where: 1) the BIA erred in concluding that petitioner's proposed group of "individuals with bipolar disorder who exhibit erratic behavior" did not qualify as a "particular social group;" and 2) the BIA's conclusion that petitioner was not persecuted because of membership in his proposed group is contradictory to the undisputed facts of the case.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/16/2014
• Published 01/16/2014

Judges

• GREGORY

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

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