United States Ninth Circuit

Petition for review of the BIA's dismissal of petitioner's appeal of an Immigration Judge's decision denying petitioner's petitions for asylum is denied where material witnesses for the government, such as petitioner, did not constitute a protected social group.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/11/2009
• Decided 01/27/2010
• Published 01/27/2010

Judges

• Before ROBERT R. BEEZER, RONALD M. GOULD and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rosaura Rodriguez, Rios Cantor, P.S., Seattle, WA, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey R. Meyer, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D .C., for respondent.