United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of an application for asylum is denied where petitioners had not shown past persecution or a well-founded fear of future persecution since their harm had come at the hands of a non-governmental organization, and petitioners had not demonstrated that the government was unwilling to protect them in the past or would be unwilling to do so in the future.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/10/2007
• Decided 08/31/2007
• Published 08/31/2007

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William A. Quiceno (argued), Kempster, Keller & Lenz-Calvo, Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jill E. Zengler (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.