United States Ninth Circuit

In denying an application for asylum, the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in concluding that a Peruvian family's well-founded fear of future persecution by the Shining Path did not extend to the entire country of Peru.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/11/2002
• Decided 06/12/2002
• Published 06/12/2002

Judges

• Before REINHARDT, GRABER, Circuit Judges, and HUNT, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Curtis Pierce, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Michael P. Lindemann, and Janice K. O'Grady, Esq., Washington, DC, for the respondent.