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Appellate Practice

Jun. 16, 2004

Panel Remands Asylum Request Of Rape Victim

LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court Monday ordered an immigration court to reconsider asylum on political or humanitarian grounds for a Guatemalan woman who was gang-raped as part of a campaign by the Guatemalan military to punish her village, considered a guerilla stronghold.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court Monday ordered an immigration court to reconsider asylum on political or humanitarian grounds for a ...

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