United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of asylum is granted where the IJ never gave petitioner an opportunity to rebut the government's expert testimony regarding an Ethiopian deportation order and wrongfully disregarded petitioner's corroborating evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/29/2007
• Decided 07/09/2007
• Published 07/09/2007

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jennifer M. Erickson (argued), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Mary J. Candaux, Melissa Neiman-Kelting (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.