United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of an order of removal is reversed where the IJ did not address petitioner's claim that he was persecuted because he belonged to a particular social group, and substantial evidence supported petitioner's eligibility for relief under the Convention Against Torture.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/07/2006
• Decided 07/23/2007
• Published 07/23/2007

Judges

• BRIGHT, Circuit Judge:, Before:  MYRON H. BRIGHT,HARRY PREGERSON, and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Garbis N. Etmekjian, Glendale, AZ, briefed and argued for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas L. Holzman and Virginia Lum, Washington, D.C., briefed and argued for the respondent.