United States Eighth Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals erred in reversing the Immigration Judge's grant of plaintiff's asylum where the administrative record compels the conclusion that plaintiff has suffered persecution due at least in part to a statutory basis, namely, imputed political opinion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/10/2004
• Published 11/10/2004

Judges

• MELLOY, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, HEANEY and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel L. Palmquist, argued Minneapolis, MN (Amy Schroder Ireland, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for petitioner., Paul Fiorino, argued, USDOJ, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC.