United States Seventh Circuit

Denial of applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is reversed where the IJ departed from its judicial role and manifested a clear bias against the petitioners that constituted a denial of due process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/02/2007
• Published 04/02/2007

Judges

• Before RIPPLE, ROVNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Trais (argued), Richard H. Trais, Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Doris Clark (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Hillel R. Smith, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.