ROMAN v. I.N.S.

No. 99-3510.

233 F.3d 1027 (2000)

Emil Roman and Dochita Roman, Petitioners, v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, and Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royal F. Berg (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.

Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Chicago, IL, Nancy E. Friedman (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Janet Reno, U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney General, Washington, DC, for respondents.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Emil Roman and his wife Dochita are Romanian natives and citizens who seek review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision to deny their application for asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") § 208(a), 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a), and for withholding of deportation pursuant to INA § 243(h), 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h). Mr. Roman claims that he and his wife are unable to return to Romania because he has suffered...

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