United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention against Torture is granted and remanded for a new removal hearing where the IJ's reasons for rejecting petitioner's testimony were not supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/17/2007
• Decided 05/14/2007
• Published 05/14/2007

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Yongbing Zhang (argued), Wang, Leonard & Condon, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Daniel G. Lonergan (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.