Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit August 5, 2014, Docket No. 11-4362-ag (Acharya v. Holder)

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 *292persecution and a protected ground that might qualify the applicant as a refugee.