United States Seventh Circuit

In an immigration case, petition for review of a BIA order denying asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is granted in part and denied in part where: 1) petitioner enjoyed a fair hearing before the IJ; 2) remand was necessary for evaluation of evidence of past persecution with reference to the cumulative significance of a series of events alleged by petitioner, and with reference to petitioner's age at the time; 3) denial of asylum based on future persecution was supported by substantial evidence; and 4) a claim for humanitarian asylum should be reconsidered in light of the regulatory standard.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/28/2008
• Published 08/28/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maria T. Baldini-Potermin, Pollock & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Siu Ping Wong, Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.