SORIANO v. HOLDER

No. 05-72116.

569 F.3d 1162 (2009)

Herman Patayan SORIANO, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tasha Lani Huber, Korenberg & Abramowitz, Sherman Oaks, CA, for the petitioner.

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

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


GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Do government informants constitute a "particular social group" for purposes of analyzing their eligibility for asylum? We answer that question "no" and, therefore, deny the petition for review.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Petitioner Herman Patayan Soriano, a native and citizen of the Philippines, entered the United States as a nonimmigrant with authorization to stay for one month. After he overstayed his visa, the government...

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