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DAWOUD v. GONZALES

Nos. 04-1275, 04-2417.

424 F.3d 608 (2005)

Ehab S. DAWOUD and Amani Y. Refaat, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 19, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore N. Cox (argued), New York, NY, for Petitioners.

George P. Katsivalis, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Michele Y.F. Sarko, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Andrea Limmer (argued), Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before MANION, WOOD, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Ehab Dawoud was detained and beaten first by Islamic radicals and then by the state security services after a video of his Christian wedding aired on an Egyptian television station. Dawoud and his wife, Amani Refaat, fled Egypt for the United States and applied for asylum after overstaying their visitors' visas, claiming that they had been persecuted because of their religion. The Immigration Judge (IJ) denied the application, and the Board of...

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