United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of Catholic Iraqi petitioner's request for asylum based on discretionary grounds is granted as the IJ abused his discretion in denying asylum as the IJ failed to properly balance favorable factors against factors identified as negative.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/11/2007
• Decided 08/13/2007
• Published 08/13/2007

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  HARRY PREGERSON, FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ, and EUGENE E. SILER, JR., Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Douglas D. Nelson, Alejandro O. Campillo, A.P.L.C., San Diego, CA, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kathryn DeAngelis (argued) and Lyle D. Jentzer, (brief) Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.