United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of the denial of a citizen of Cameroon's asylum application is granted and the denial vacated and remanded for clarification where the BIA's order denying the petition is unsupported by reasoned analysis, as it: 1) fails to provide any explanation for concluding that plaintiff failed to establish persecution on account of a protected ground; and 2) declines to address the immigration judge's adverse credibility finding.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/20/2009
• Published 02/20/2009

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christopher J. Paolella (argued), Winston & Strawn, New York, NY, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Zoe J. Heller (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.