United States Ninth Circuit

The IJ erred as a matter of law in determining categorically that acts of self-defense constitute persecution for purposes of 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(42)'s persecutor exception to asylum eligibility. Remanded for further proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/10/2004
• Decided 04/05/2004
• Published 04/05/2004

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before:  FERNANDEZ, HAWKINS and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Louis A. Gordon and David Gardner;  Los Angeles, CA; D. Jade Mundel, Law Offices of Marks & Acalin, LLP, Los Angeles, CA;  attorneys for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ann Carroll Varnon, Deborah N. Misir, Linda Wedtland, Robert D. McCallum;  Office of Immigration Litigation;  Department of Justice;  Washington, D.C.;   attorneys for the respondent.