United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of an application for withholding of removal relief under the Convention Against Torture is granted where the IJ's failure to consider evidence concerning the petitioner's drug convictions and likelihood of arrest upon return to his home country violated the petitioner's due process rights.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2007
• Decided 01/14/2008
• Published 01/14/2008

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael S. Shapiro, Michael P. Tomlinson (argued), Foley & Lardner, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen J. Flynn, Melissa Neiman-Kelting (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.