United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' denial of plaintiff's application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture is granted and the order vacated and remanded where the immigration judge failed to fully analyze plaintiff's claim that she has an objectively reasonable fear of persecution on account of her familial ties.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/27/2008
• Decided 05/04/2009
• Published 05/04/2009

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dinesh Ryan Nayar (argued), Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott Rempell (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.