United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of the BIA's denial of petitioner's asylum application, the petition is granted where: 1) the evidence in the record would compel a reasonable factfinder to conclude that petitioner was mistreated because of his political opinion; and 2) the BIA needed to consider whether the threats, harassment, fines, detention, and beating that petitioner experienced rose to the level of persecution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/13/2010
• Published 01/13/2010

Judges

• Before HARRY PREGERSON, STEPHEN REINHARDT and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Shawn Sedaghat, Law Offices of Shawn Sedaghat, Encino, CA, for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brigid Martin, United States Department of Justice, San Francisco, CA; Michael L. Scott, for the respondent.