United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of denial of asylum and order of removal is granted and the case remanded to the BIA where the immigration judge placed the burden of showing a well-founded fear of persecution on the petitioner instead of the government after erroneously holding that the petitioner had not suffered past persecution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2006
• Decided 03/15/2006
• Published 03/15/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William M. Sharma-Crawford (argued), Overland Park, KS, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kenyanna Scott (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.