United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of Plaintiff's petition for review is reversed where, even though plaintiff does not qualify for asylum or withholding of removal, the Board of Immigration Appeals failed to rationally assess plaintiff's credibility in her Convention Against Torture claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/27/2004
• Published 08/27/2004

Judges

• BRIGHT, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, HEANEY, and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Phillip F. Fishman, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Fiorino, argued, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC (Virginia M. Lum, on the brief), for Respondent.