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ACHARYA v. HOLDER

Docket No. 11-4362-ag.

761 F.3d 289 (2014)

Prakash ACHARYA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary J. Yerman , Yerman & Associates, LLC, New York, N.Y., for Petitioner.

Julie S. Saltman ( Stuart F. Delery , Paul Fiorino , and Jessica R.C. Malloy , on the brief), United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before: KATZMANN, Chief Judge, JACOBS and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

POOLER, Circuit Judge:

We consider in this case the consequences of an Immigration Judge's ("IJ's") application of an incorrect and overly stringent legal standard when evaluating the nexus between an asylum applicant's persecution and a protected ground that might qualify the applicant as a refugee. In concluding that petitioner Prakash Acharya had not established that he suffered persecution on the grounds of political...

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