United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of an order denying petitioner's application for asylum and withholding of removal is granted where the immigration judge's determination concerning petitioners' female genital mutilation argument was not supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/21/2005
• Decided 12/30/2005
• Published 12/30/2005

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.