United States Seventh Circuit

IJ's adverse credibility finding, which in turn led to a denial of asylum, was unsupportable because there was no finding that the applicant knew or suspected his Russian birth certificate to be a forgery. As far as the record and the findings are concerned, neither the applicant nor his mother knew it to be a forgery.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/16/2003
• Decided 01/22/2004
• Published 01/22/2004

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen D. Berman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• George P. Katsivalis, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Mark W. Pennak, Catherine Y. Hancock (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Respondent.