ZI ZHI TANG v. GONZALES

No. 04-70804.

489 F.3d 987 (2007)

ZI ZHI TANG, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 6, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Kinnunen, Hagatna, Guam, for the petitioner.

Donald A. Couvillon, John C. Cunningham, Richard M. Evans, Joan E. Smiley, Office of Immigration Litigation, DOJ, Washington, DC, TAGU-District, Office of the District Director, Hagatna, Guam, for the respondent.

Before: STEPHEN S. TROTT, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.

We review the petition of Zi Zhi Tang ("Tang"), a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China. Tang filed an application for asylum and withholding of removal, alleging that the abortion performed on his wife, Li Zhen Tang ("Li Zhen"), constituted persecution by the Chinese government as a forced abortion under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(B). The Immigration Judge ("IJ") denied Tang's application, stating that Tang had...

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