FKSA successfully represented a pro bono client who is a refugee from Côte D'Ivoire in seeking asylum in the United States. In Côte D'Ivoire, the client had suffered multiple beatings on account of his Dioula ethnic background and his participation in a political rally protesting the Ivorian government. The client's affirmative application for asylum and other relief initially was denied by the Immigration Judge, and that ruling was affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals. The client then appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which reversed and remanded the case to the BIA, finding that it had ignored potentially significant facts that suggested that the client had the well-founded fear of future persecution required for a grant of asylum. On remand, the BIA vacated its earlier ruling, and found that the client had established his eligibility for asylum, and the Immigration Judge finally granted him asylum more than five years after his asylum application was submitted.