United States Ninth Circuit

An asylum applicant's fear of persecution in Abkhazia based on a protected ground was objectively reasonable, and the Immigration Judge's conclusion that petitioner could have relocated did not take into account the reasonableness of relocation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/04/2003
• Published 03/04/2003

Judges

• WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge., Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge, and WEINER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eva Garcia-Mendoza and Luther M. Snavely, Las Vegas, NV, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark C. Walters, Greg D. Mack, and Frances Fraser, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.