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United States Eighth Circuit


Yang v. Ashcroft, 03-3997

Denial of plaintiffs' application for asylum reversed where plaintiffs presented substantial, specific, direct and credible evidence to support the conclusion that they had a well-founded fear of future persecution for resistance to coercive population control methods if they returned to China.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 11/04/2005
  • Published 11/04/2005

Judges

  • HEANEY, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, HEANEY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

  • United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Bruno Joseph Bembi, argued, Hempstead, NY, for petitioner.

  • For Appellees:
  • Anthony P. Nicastro, argued, U.S. DOJ, Washington, DC (Peter D. Keisler, Emily Anne Radford, and Keith Bernstein, on the brief), respondent.
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