United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of a decision finding that Indian citizen's application for asylum was frivolous is denied where, when an applicant abuses the asylum process, as petitioner had done in this case, a finding of frivolousness is appropriate so long as the IJ and BIA have followed the requisite procedural framework.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/04/2008
• Decided 06/02/2008
• Published 06/05/2008

Judges

• WALLACE, Circuit Judge:, Before:  WALLACE, GOULD, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Garish Sarin, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Norah Ascoli Schwarz, Senior Litigation Counsel, John C. Cunningham, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.