United States Seventh Circuit

Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where he failed to sustain his burden of proof on either his withholding of removal or his convention against torture claims on grounds that his testimony was found to be self-serving, inconsistent, and lacking credibility.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/26/2004
• Decided 09/01/2004
• Published 09/01/2004

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Babatunde A. Irukera (argued), Olusola O. Oyeyemi, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• George P. Katsivalis, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Jeremiah M. Luongo, Jonathan Cohn (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.