United States Seventh Circuit

The Board of Immigration Appeals' affirmation of the Immigration Judge's denial of plaintiff's asylum application, petition for withholding of removal, and request for relief under the Convention Against Torture Act, is reversed where the IJ's adverse credibility determinations were not based on substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2003
• Published 11/21/2003

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barbara M. Szweda,Rebecca Houghton (argued), Notre Dame Immigration Clinic, South Bend, IN, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• George P. Katsivalis, Department of Homeland Security, Chicago, IL, Anthony P. Nicastro (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.