RESTREPO v. HOLDER

No. 08-4029.

610 F.3d 962 (2010)

Luis Armando Paez RESTREPO, et al., Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maria T. Baldini-Potermin, Attorney (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.

Michelle G. Latour, Joseph A. O'Connell, Attorney (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Luis Paez Restrepo arrived in the United States in 1999 as a crew member of a vessel and did not leave with that vessel. His wife and three children arrived later on tourist visas; they did not leave when their visas expired. Paez eventually was placed in removal proceedings. Because he had entered as a crew member, without a visa, he was placed in what are called "asylum only" proceedings, see 8...

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