1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 387 F.3d
  5. 387 F.3d 918 (2004)
 

MAMEDOV v. ASHCROFT

No. 03-1393, 03-1394, 03-1395.

387 F.3d 918 (2004)

Ahmed MAMEDOV, Oqulsheker Mamedov, and Jannet Mamedov, Petitioners, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold D. Block (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner.

George P. Katsivalis, Department Of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Norah Ascoli Schwarz (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The Mamedov family was ordered removed after its claim for asylum was rejected. The family comes from Turkmenistan, one of the formerly Soviet republics in central Asia, like the better known Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The overwhelming majority of its people are Turkmens of the Muslim faith. Jews are distinctly unpopular, and only about a thousand remain. Ahmed Mamedov's father was a Turkmen, presumably Muslim although this is not certain, but...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases