SELIMI v. ASHCROFT

Nos. 02-1453, 02-2923.

360 F.3d 736 (2004)

Besem SELIMI, Aisha Selimi, Vjolca Selimi, Rashida Selimi, and Kujtesa Selimi, Petitioners, v. John D. ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 10, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary L. Sfasciotti (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.

George P. Katsivalis, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Michele Y.F. Sarko, William C. Peachey (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, John D. Ashcroft, Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Besem Selimi and his wife Aisha on her own behalf and that of their three daughters — Rashida, Kujtesa, and Vjolca — filed separate motions to reopen their exclusion proceedings in order to obtain asylum, withholding of deportation, or protection under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture of 1998(CAT), Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681. The Board of Immigration Appeals denied their motions and they...

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