United States Ninth Circuit

The filing of an asylum application before the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act's passage, rather than during the six-month window between passage and effective date, does not take a case out of the reach of Vasquez-Zavala v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 1105 (2003); appellant did not strike a bargain with the government that would support a successful quid pro quo argument. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/16/2003
• Decided 11/25/2003
• Published 11/25/2003

Judges

• Before HUG, GIBSON  and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marc Van Der Hout, Stephanie Goldsborough, Van Der Hout & Brigagliano, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner.


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