United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of a denial of an application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture is granted where the BIA's determination that petitioner's account of harm became more egregious throughout the proceedings was not supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/16/2007
• Decided 09/13/2007
• Published 09/13/2007

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard F. Johnson (argued), Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


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