United States Ninth Circuit

Guatemalan alien established past political persecution, and is therefore presumed to have a well-founded fear of future prosecution; asylum claim is remanded for further proceedings relating to changed country conditions.

Appellate Information

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

Judges

• GOULD, Circuit Judge:, Before SILVERMAN, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Evelyn Zneimer, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joshua E. Braunstein (argued) and Anh-Thu P. Mai, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.