United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of asylum is granted where the year within which an alien seeking asylum must file an application begins the day after the alien arrives in the U.S., thus petitioner's application was timely.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/06/2008
• Decided 01/20/2009
• Published 01/20/2009

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  STEPHEN REINHARDT, Circuit Judge, ROGER J. MINER, Senior Circuit Judge, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Shawn Sedaghat, Hollywood, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General;  Anh-Thu Mai, Senior Litigation Counsel;  Peter H. Matson, DOJ Attorney;  Margaret O'Donnell (argued), DOJ Attorney, Washington, DC, for the respondent.