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SUMOLANG v. HOLDER

No. 08-73164.

723 F.3d 1080 (2013)

Johan Johny SUMOLANG; Berawati Notoredjo, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 25, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gihan L. Thomas (argued) and Kelley L. Costello (argued), Law Offices of Gihan Thomas, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioners.

Jessica E. Sherman (argued), Trial Attorney; Tony West , Assistant Attorney General; Richard M. Evans , Assistant Director; Marshall T. Golding , Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: RICHARD A. PAEZ and PAUL J. WATFORD, Circuit Judges, and MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge.

OPINION

WATFORD, Circuit Judge:

Can a parent applying for asylum or withholding of removal show that she has been persecuted based on suffering or harm inflicted on her child? That question arises here because the strongest evidence supporting the claims of the petitioner, Berawati Notoredjo, involved the death of her three-month-old daughter. In ruling that Ms. Notoredjo had not shown past persecution, the immigration judge (IJ) refused to give any weight...

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