United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied where the evidence does not compel a conclusion that petitioner suffered past persecution based on a political opinion and petitioner did not establish a likelihood of future persecution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2007
• Decided 07/31/2007
• Published 07/31/2007

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edwin R. McCullough (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


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