United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review, brought by a native of Bangladesh, of a denial of his application for asylum and related relief is granted where: 1) since petitioner credibly testified that he suffered past persecution on account of his political opinion and social group, and because there was more than a ten percent chance that if returned to Bangladesh he will suffer future persecution on such bases, he was statutorily eligible for asylum; and 2) a finding that petitioner was not entitled to withholding of removal was not supported by substantial evidence, as the government failed to rebut the applicable presumption of entitlement to withholding relief.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/13/2007
• Decided 10/16/2007
• Published 10/16/2007

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  HARRY PREGERSON and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and BRIAN E. SANDOVAL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Shameem Hasan, Hasan & Samson, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• James E. Grimes, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.