United States Ninth Circuit

Petitioner's petition for review of the denial of her asylum application is granted, where the Immigration Judge's determination that Petitioner was not a refugee was not supported by substantial evidence, because Petitioner offered evidence that she would be persecuted based on her national origin if returned to her country.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2009
• Decided 03/27/2009
• Published 03/27/2009

Judges

• D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:, Before:  D.W. NELSON, W. FLETCHER and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Anthony J. Patek, Cooley Godward LLP, San Francisco, CA;  Dennis Muchnicki, Dublin, OH, for the petitioner., Michael Gordon Latour & Andrew Oliveira, Office of Immigration Litigation, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for the Government.