United States Seventh Circuit

Asylum applicant's allegations that, as member of home country's military, he was denied adequate military training, experienced physical abuse by officers, and was, on the basis of his ethnicity, sent to the front lines of battle without either bullets or a shovel are sufficient allegations of persecution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/29/2001
• Decided 01/11/2002
• Published 01/11/2002

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen D. Berman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Barjam Begzatowski., Jennifer Giambastiani,INS, Chicago, IL, Alison M. Igoe, Paul Fiorino (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for INS., Paul Fiorino, (argued), John D. Ashcroft, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for John D. Ashcroft.