ADEKPE v. GONZALES

No. 05-3951.

480 F.3d 525 (2007)

Mensah Koffi ADEKPE, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holly M. Spurlock (argued), DLA Piper U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Joseph C. Mazumdar (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before CUDAHY, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Mensah Koffi Adekpe petitions for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals requiring that he be removed to Togo. He argues that the Board, adopting the findings of the Immigration Judge, improperly disbelieved his story of political persecution at the hands of the Togolese government and failed to adequately discuss evidence corroborating his story. We grant the petition and remand the case to the Board.

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