United States Eighth Circuit

A petition for review of denial of a petition for asylum and related relief is granted where the immigration judge erred in placing the burden on petitioner to demonstrate a well-founded fear of future persecution without making the antecedent determination as to whether she had established past persecution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/04/2006
• Published 04/04/2006

Judges

• GRUENDER, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, BEAM and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Diane B. Bratvold, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Marcia K. Miller, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Asheesh Agarwal, argued, Justice Dept., Washington, D.C. (Richard Evans and Kenneth W. Rosenberg, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for appellee.