Court Opinion

ID: 9631363
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 10:35:36.308362+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:07:52.731770
License: Public Domain

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge,
concurring in the judgment.
I join in the result and in much of the rationale. I do not, however, agree with the apparent view of the majority and the Immigration Judge that the Shi‘a Chattas could not have strongly influenced police in Chatta’s village because of the demographic predominance of Sunnis in Pakistan. I think there is nothing incredible about a religious element wielding a local effective animus even though far from a majority factor in the country. But, by the same token, I am skeptical of a changed result on remand because Chatta could probably cure his own security problems by moving to a different area of Pakistan where the local situation would not place him in jeopardy. Hence, his exposure to persecution would be removed without requiring him to leave Pakistan and emigrate • to the United States.