United States Ninth Circuit

Evidence that rebels raped asylum applicant, who was daughter of government official, is insufficient to establish persecution for imputed political opinion where rapists did not identify applicant by name and harassed others who were not politically affiliated.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/26/2001
• Published 06/26/2001

Judges

• Before:  PREGERSON, FERNANDEZ, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Judith L. Wood, Los Angeles, California, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary Jane Candaux, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.