United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's asylum application, the petition is denied where petitioner failed to make a compelling showing that: 1) the reported incidents of discrimination against him amounted to persecution; 2) the incidents provided an objective basis for a well-founded fear of future persecution; or 3) he was a member of a disfavored group who had been individually targeted.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/14/2009
• Decided 12/30/2009
• Published 12/30/2009

Judges

• Before: RICHARD D. CUDAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sharon A. Healey, Law Office of Sharon A. Healey, Seattle, WA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Janice K. Redfern, Thankful T. Vanderstar and Anna E. Nelson (argued) of Washington, DC, for the respondent.