PATEL v. GONZALES

Nos. 04-3401, 04-4159, 05-1687.

442 F.3d 1011 (2006)

Sunita PATEL, Kamarkant Patel, Pallavi Patel, and Kalpana Patel, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Submitted February 1, 2006.

Decided March 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

George P. Katsivalis, Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Bryan S. Beier, Barry Pettinato (argued), Jennifer A. Levings, Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, John K. Mehochko, Office of U.S. Atty., Rock Island, IL, for Respondent.

Before MANION, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

These petitions present, in the aggregate, the claims of four members of the Patel family who are seeking asylum, withholding of deportation, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). In Nos. 04-3401 and 04-4159, Sunita Patel is petitioning for review of two decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA): the first one denied her motion to reopen her asylum proceedings, and the second one denied her motion to reconsider the denial...

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