United States Ninth Circuit

An petitioner was eligible for asylum and withholding of deportation where he was targeted for death threats and harassment by armed men in Guatemala, based his membership in a political party.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/13/2002
• Decided 08/29/2002
• Published 08/29/2002

Judges

• D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge., Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Amos Lawrence (argued), San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Audrey Benison Hemesath (argued), United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C.   Appearances only by Robert D. McCallum Jr., United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Richard M. Evans, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.;   and Alison R. Drucker, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent-appellee.