United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied where petitioner's retraction of statements made in a sworn affidavit gave the IJ good reason to doubt his credibility, and petitioner offered no evidence to explain the discrepancy.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/06/2007
• Decided 05/23/2007
• Published 05/23/2007

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, FLAUM, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elizabeth A. Holmes, Marc Prokosch (argued), Karam & Associates, Bloomington, MN, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Alison M. Igoe, Christopher Fuller (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.