SOGI keywords Archives: Persecution
Alla Konstantinova Pitcherskaia v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (24 June 1997)
Procedural Posture Alla K. Pitcherskaia petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision denying her application for asylum and withholding of deportation. Facts Among other things, the applicant claimed persecution on the basis of her political opinions in support of gay and lesbian […]