KROUCHEVSKI v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-3004.

344 F.3d 670 (2003)

Gueorgui KROUCHEVSKI, Petitioner, v. John D. ASHCROFT, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Y. Geman (submitted), Chicago, IL for Petitioner.

George P. Katsivalis (submitted a brief), Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Terri Leon-Benner, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

A few days after his arrival in the United States, Gueorgui Krouchevski applied for asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158. According to his application, Krouchevski belonged to an anti-communist group in his native Bulgaria — the Alliance of Democratic Forces — and feared that he would be put in jail if he returned to that country. In 1994, the Asylum Office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service denied the application...

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