Nune Mamouzian v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “physical abuse . . . combined with other incidents, such as detention and threats,” compels a 3 finding of persecution
• concluding that “the way in which [petitioner] entered this country is worth little if any weight in the balancing of positive and negative factors”
• concluding that petitioner was persecuted, at least in part, on account of her political opinion because she was arrested, threatened, and beaten for participating in anti-government rally and for voicing opposition to corruption and economic policies of ruling party
• reaffirming that “retaliation against an individual who opposes government corruption can constitute persecution on account of a political opinion”
• stating that we reverse the IJ’s decision only “if a reasonable factfinder would be compelled to conclude that the requisite persecution or fear has been shown”
• granting petition where petitioner had been beaten by government officials for demonstrating against the government

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).