United States Seventh Circuit

In an asylum case involving a claim that Serbian officials persecuted petitioner in retaliation for his participation in a pro-Albanian political organization, a petition for review of an order of removal is granted where the immigration judge misallocated the burden of demonstrating a well-founded fear of future persecution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/05/2006
• Decided 10/27/2006
• Published 10/27/2006

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rhett R. Dennerline (argued), Competition Law Group, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


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