United States Ninth Circuit

A BIA decision summarily affirming a denial of an application for asylum and related relief is reversed where an IJ erred as a matter of law in imposing a duty on the part of the asylum-seeker to prove his identity, and the error permeated the IJ's decision.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/11/2007
• Decided 08/28/2007
• Published 08/28/2007

Judges

• Before:  JOHN T. NOONAN, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark A. Teeter, Newport Beach, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carol Federighi, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.