YANG v. McELROY

Docket No. 98-4391.

277 F.3d 158 (2002)

Qun YANG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edward J. McELROY, District Director for the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service; Anthony Moscato, Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review; Paul W. Schmidt, Chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CRAIG WILSON, Wilson & Associates, P.C., "Charles Christophe, on the brief", New York, N.Y., Attorneys for Petitioner-Appellant.

SEAN H. LANE, Assistant United States Attorney, "John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General, Mary Jo White, United States Attorney, Kathy S. Marks, Jeffrey S. Oestericher, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief", for Respondents-Appellees.

Before: McLAUGHLIN and POOLER, Circuit Judges, SAND, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This is a petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA" or "Board") denying appellant Qun Yang's applications for political asylum. Appellant maintains that the BIA erred when it affirmed the Immigration Judge's ("IJ") finding that he had not sustained his burden of showing a well-founded fear that he would be subject to persecution in the People's Republic of China ("China") because of his political and other actions taken...

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