United States Ninth Circuit

Police harassment with threats of prosecution, but where no charges were brought, does not constitute harassment on account of political views within the meaning of the asylum statute.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/14/2004
• Decided 06/18/2004
• Published 06/18/2004

Judges

• KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:, Before: WALLACE, KOZINSKI and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Nancy E. Friedman, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, and Patricia Smith, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.