United States Ninth Circuit

8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(42)(B), which makes persons "forced to abort a pregnancy" statutorily eligible for asylum, does not require a showing that the "force" be physical in nature.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/08/2004
• Published 11/08/2004

Judges

• WARDLAW, Circuit Judge., Before:  REINHARDT, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Kiang, Law Offices of Kiang & Kiang, San Gabriel, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division;  Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director;  Hillel R. Smith, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for the respondent.