FKSA recently won an appeal on behalf of a pro bono client who is a refugee from Côte D'Ivoire, where he had suffered multiple beatings on account of his participation in a political rally protesting the Ivorian government and his Dioula ethnic background. The client's affirmative application for asylum and other relief was denied by the Immigration Judge, and after that ruling was affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals, the client petitioned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for review. The Second Circuit found that the BIA had ignored potentially significant facts that suggested that the client had a well-founded fear of future persecution. On remand, the BIA proceeded to vacate its earlier ruling, and found that the client had established eligibility for asylum. Approximately five years after the client's original application for asylum was submitted, the Board's decision clears the way for him to be finally granted asylum.