United States Ninth Circuit

In appeal from an application for suspension of deportation under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, an abuser's behavior during the "contrite" phase of domestic violence may, and in circumstances such as those present here does, constitute "extreme cruelty."

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/10/2003
• Decided 10/07/2003
• Published 10/07/2003

Judges

• Before REAVLEY,TASHIMA, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Katrin E. Frank,MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Seattle, WA; Angela M. Niemann and Rima J. Alaily, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Seattle, WA, on behalf of Northwest Women's Law Center, for the petitioner-appellant., Thomas C. Means, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, for the amici.


• For Appellees:
  
• John C. Cunningham, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for the respondent-appellee.