United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of the denial of an asylum application by a former employee of the Colombian Attorney General's office is granted and the matter remanded for further proceedings where the petitioner was a member of a distinct social group, but had not yet established a reasonable fear of being persecuted if he returns to Colombia.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/09/2006
• Decided 10/02/2006
• Published 10/02/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stacy Taeuber (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jill E. Zengler, Erin R. Lewis (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.