ANIM v. MUKASEY

No. 07-1373.

535 F.3d 243 (2008)

Dorothy ANIM, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kim-Bun Thomas Li, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner. Jem Colleen Sponzo, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Mona Maria Yousif, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Petition for review granted; vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge KEELEY joined.


OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

Dorothy Anim, a citizen of Cameroon, petitions for review of the denial of her application for asylum and other relief. As part of her case before the immigration judge (IJ), Anim submitted copies of three convocations (summonses to appear) issued to her by the Cameroon police shortly after she fled the country. The IJ denied Anim's application, relying mainly on a letter authored by a U.S. Department of State official that...

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