United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of asylum denial is granted on due process grounds and the matter remanded where the withdrawal of the alien's attorney, coupled with her retention of the alien's documents and the IJ's refusal to grant a continuance when the alien did not understand the full consequences of the withdrawal, deprived the alien of a fundamentally fair proceeding.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/17/2006
• Decided 06/15/2006
• Published 06/15/2006

Judges

• CUDAHY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen D. Berman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Asheesh Agarwal (argued), Kurt B. Larson, Department of Justice, Immigration Litigation Office, Washington, DC, James S. Alexander, Office of the United States Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for Respondent.