United States Seventh Circuit

BIA's denial of a Zimbabwe national and his wife's petition for asylum and related relief is affirmed where: 1) the record does not compel a conclusion that petitioner suffered a past persecution nor that petitioner's fear of future persecution is objectively reasonable; and 2) as petitioner failed to satisfy the lower burden of proof required for asylum, he cannot prove that it is more likely than not that his freedom would be threatened on account of a protected ground if he was returned to Zimbabwe.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/06/2009
• Decided 09/17/2009
• Published 09/17/2009

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, SYKES and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• W. Michael Sharma-Crawford, Overland Park, KS, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Lindsay B. Glauner, Gregory M. Kelch, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.