United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's request for asylum is reversed where the INS 1) ignored its own regulation regarding the proper factors to consider in a firm resettlement analysis, 2) failed to make a credibility determination, and 3) failed to support its decision on fear of future prosecution with reasonable or substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/13/2004
• Decided 08/26/2004
• Published 08/26/2004

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Swaray E. Conteh (Argued), Indianapolis, IN, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• George P. Katsivalis, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Richard M. Evans, Emily A. Radford, Margaret Kuehne Taylor, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.