United States Eighth Circuit

In an immigration appeal, plaintiff citizens of Azerbaijan, firmly resettled in Israel before coming to the U.S. and were not eligible for asylum because the Israeli government took no adverse action against them when they openly exhibited their Christianity.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/07/2004
• Published 07/07/2004

Judges

• LOKEN, Chief Judge., Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, BOWMAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the petitioners was Timothy E. Wichmer of St. Louis, Missouri.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the respondents was Julia K. Doig, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Also appearing on the brief were Peter D. Keisler, Donald E. Keener, and Alison R. Drucker.