United States Sixth Circuit

Petition for review of denial of a petition for asylum is granted where the Board of Immigration due to a combination of: 1) a coup in Mauritania and uncertainty about present conditions; 2) incompetent counsel for petitioner; and 3) questionable rejection of petitioner's testimony.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/24/2006
• Published 03/24/2006

Judges

• Before:  MERRITT, MARTIN, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  Svetlana J. Schreiber, Svetlana, Schrieber & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, for Petitioner.  Rita Bryce, U.S. Department of Justice, Cleveland, Ohio, for Respondent.