United States Ninth Circuit

A Fijian citizen's four-year residence in Canada constitutes "firm resettlement" under federal immigration law and his claim for asylum is consequently barred.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/23/2006
• Decided 08/04/2005
• Published 08/04/2005

Judges

• RYMER, Circuit Judge., Before MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, HARRY PREGERSON, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, PAMELA ANN RYMER, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, SUSAN P. GRABER, W. FLETCHER, RAYMOND C. FISHER, RONALD M. GOULD, RICHARD A. PAEZ, JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, JAY S. BYBEE, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert B. Jobe (argued), San Francisco, CA, and Ashwani K. Bhakhri (signed the briefs), Burlingame, CA, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alison Marie Igoe (argued), and Nancy E. Friedman (signed the briefs), United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.