United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of denial of asylum claim is affirmed where the petitioners did not provide evidence of persecution, and due process claim fails where petitioners did not file a request to hear expert witness' telephonic testimony 14 days before the hearing or accept the court's offer to submit the testimony in a written format.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/01/2006
• Decided 03/23/2006
• Published 03/23/2006

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark S. Kocol (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Kathryn Ann Kelly (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.