United States Ninth Circuit

IJ's adverse credibility determination is reversed; petitioners clearly suffered political persecution in Bangladesh, thus a presumption of eligibility for asylum is proper; remanded for further proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/05/2003
• Decided 05/19/2004
• Published 05/19/2004

Judges

• BEEZER, Circuit Judge., Before BEEZER, KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Nakatsuma, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jacqueline R. Dryden and Teresa L. Donovan, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.