United States Ninth Circuit

A child of a parent who was forcibly sterilized is not automatically eligible for asylum under 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(42)(B).

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/06/2002
• Decided 05/26/2005
• Published 05/26/2005

Judges

• WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge., Before COWEN,HAWKINS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter K. Huston, Patricia Bonheyo (argued), Randall T. Kim, Elisa Lee, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul Fiorino, Richard M. Evans, Michael J. Dougherty, Nancy Friedman (argued), Office of Immigration Litigation, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.