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YOUKHANA v. GONZALES

No. 04-1820.

460 F.3d 927 (2006)

Steeve Shamoil YOUKHANA, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 22, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Anne Hannigan (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Daniel E. Goldman, Sarah Maloney (argued), Paul S. Monsky, Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Steeve Shamoil Youkhana, an Assyrian Christian, fled Iraq in 2001 and sought asylum in the United States, claiming that he had been persecuted by the ruling Ba'ath Party regime on the basis of his religion, ethnicity, and political opinion. The Immigration Judge (IJ) who considered Youkhana's case found his testimony generally credible, but failed altogether to address Youkhana's religious and ethnic persecution claims. With respect only to his...

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