United States Ninth Circuit

Evidence that native Fijian army troops shouted ethnic slurs at Indo-Fijian while beating him is sufficient to show that Indo-Fijian suffered persecution on account of his race.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/09/1999
• Decided 11/03/2000
• Published 11/03/2000

Judges

• Before:  O'SCANNLAIN, HAWKINS, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jorge Rodriguez-Choi (argued) and Suzanne B. Friedman, San Francisco, California, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alice E. Loughran, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.