United States Seventh Circuit
Issaq v. Holder, 09-2288
An Iraqi citizen's petition for review of of BIA's denial of petitioner's application for withholding of removal and other findings is denied where: 1) a Report is not enough on its own to support a finding that any persecution petitioner, as an Assyrian Christian, would face would occur at the hands of government agents, or would otherwise be condoned by the government; 2) petitioner's residential burglary crime led to an aggregate of more than five years' imprisonment and was a "particularly serious" felony for purposes of section 1231(b)(3)(B); and 3) although the IJ erred in overlooking certain evidence in the Report, petitioner has not shown he was prejudiced by the error, and nothing in the record suggests that he was seeking a deferral of removal under the CAT.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/04/2009
- Decided 08/17/2010
- Published 08/17/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit