United States Seventh Circuit

Petition for review of a BIA's affirmance of an IJ's denial of petitioner's application for asylum and grant of a voluntary departure, brought by a native of India on the basis of his Muslim faith, is denied where: 1) the BIA's conclusions regarding petitioner's asylum eligibility are supported by substantial evidence as the petitioner has established neither that he was a victim of past persecution, nor that he has a well founded fear of future persecution on a country-wide basis; 2) petitioner has not established that the IJ abused his discretion in denying administrative closure; and 3) the IJ did not fail to inform the petitioner about relief because the possibility of relief was highly speculative on the record.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/21/2010
• Decided 11/15/2010
• Published 11/15/2010

Judges

• RIPPLE

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel