United States Ninth Circuit

Petitioner's petition for review of the BIA's denial of his asylum application is denied, where government informants do not constitute a "particular social group" for purposes of analyzing their eligibility for asylum, and thus Petitioner did not meet the requirements of 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(42)(A).

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/26/2009
• Published 06/26/2009

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PAMELA ANN RYMER, SUSAN P. GRABER, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tasha Lani Huber, Korenberg & Abramowitz, Sherman Oaks, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert G. Stapleton, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.