Legal Opinion
Sung Jang v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 22, 2015No. 11-73587PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
This, case presents a single legal issue of first impression: Does section 302 of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (“the Act”), 22 U.S.C. § 7842, preclude a finding that a North Korean has “firmly resettled” in South Korea, 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(2)(A)(vi); 8 C.F.R. § 208.15, even though he otherwise meets the requirements of firm resettlement? We answer that question “no.” Accordingly, we deny the petition for asylum.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Petitioner Sung Kil Jang was born in North Korea in 1977 and is a citizen of North Korea. It is undisputed that…
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