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DESIR v. ILCHERT

No. 86-2064.

840 F.2d 723 (1988)

In the Matter of Fritz DESIR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. David N. ILCHERT, District Director, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1988.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing May 26, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Baizer, Yonemura & Yasaki, Oakland, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

Susan L. Kamlet and Larry J. Gallagher, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent-appellee.

Before CHOY, TANG and NELSON, Circuit Judges.

TANG, Circuit Judge:

We examine whether beatings, imprisonment, and assaults by government security forces for the purpose of extortion may constitute persecution on account of political opinion within the meaning of sections 101(a)(42)(A) and 243(h)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act). Because we answer in the affirmative, we reverse the district court's denial of an alien's petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

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