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SOKOLOV v. GONZALES

No. 04-3218.

442 F.3d 566 (2006)

Roman SOKOLOV, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 24, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Gonnella (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

George P. Katsivalis, Department of Homeland Security Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Richard M. Evans, David E. Dauenheimer, Kristin K. Edison (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Roman Sokolov filed an asylum application claiming that he was persecuted in Russia because he is a practicing Baptist. The Immigration Judge (IJ) denied the application, finding that Sokolov had failed to meet his burden of showing past persecution and had filed his claim too late. While his appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) was pending, Sokolov married a U.S. citizen. The BIA thus remanded the case to the IJ to consider whether...

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