United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of petitioner's applications for asylum is granted where the immigration judge erred in finding: 1) adverse credibility; 2) that petitioner had not established a nexus between his past persecution and one of the five protected enumerated grounds, and 3) a failure to demonstrate a reasonable fear of future persecution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/12/2005
• Decided 01/23/2006
• Published 01/23/2006

Judges

• Before REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Garish Sarin, Law Offices of Garish Sarin, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General;  Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director;  John S. Hogan, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.