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AFRIYIE v. HOLDER

No. 08-72626.

613 F.3d 924 (2010)

Stanley Onusu AFRIYIE, aka Stanley Owusu Afriyie, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 26, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Daugherty, Seattle, WA, for the petitioner.

Jonathan Robbins (argued), Achiezer Guggenheim, Tony West, and Mary Jane Candaux, Washington, DC, for the respondent.

Before A. WALLACE TASHIMA, RAYMOND C. FISHER and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

Under our immigration statute an applicant for asylum or withholding of removal can rely on persecution by private parties as a ground for relief from removal if he can show that the government of his country of origin is unable or unwilling to control that persecution. This case concerns the application of the unable or unwilling standard.

Stanley Afriyie, a citizen of Ghana, was persecuted by Muslims because he proselytized...

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