United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied where there was no evidence of past persecution and petitioner was not a member of a particular social group.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/16/2009
• Published 01/16/2009

Judges

• Before: B. FLETCHER, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nicholas W. Marchi, Carney & Marchi, P.S., Seattle, WA, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew S. Biviano (argued) and Frank A. Wilson (briefed), Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Spokane, WA, for the respondent.