United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiffs' petition for review of the denial of their applications for asylum and withholding of removal are denied where plaintiffs did not show that a reasonable fact-finder would be compelled to find that they suffered past persecution or have a well-founded fear of future persecution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/21/2005
• Decided 08/13/2004
• Published 08/13/2004

Judges

• CLIFTON, Circuit Judge., Before:  SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, KOZINSKI, RYMER, THOMAS, W. FLETCHER, PAEZ, BERZON, TALLMAN, CLIFTON, BYBEE, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip Hornik (argued), Portland, Oregon;  Karen Musalo (argued), Stephen Knight and Tala Hartsough, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. Keener, Deputy Director and Alison R. Drucker, Senior Litigation Counsel (argued), United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.