United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of denial of asylum and withholding of removal is granted and the matter remanded where the immigration judge excluded critical material evidence bearing directly on the petitioner's claim of persecution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/29/2005
• Decided 06/09/2006
• Published 06/09/2006

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Hillel R. Smith, Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.