GOMES v. GONZALES

Nos. 03-3020, 04-1018.

473 F.3d 746 (2007)

John GOMES, Jessie Gomes, Jonathan Gomes, and Keira Gomes, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royal F. Berg (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.

George P. Katsivalis, Department of Homeland Security Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, James A. Hunolt (argued), Jocelyn Wright, Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners John Gomes, his wife Jessie, and their two minor children, natives and citizens of Bangladesh, are seeking asylum in this country because of severe mistreatment they received as Catholics in the midst of that prominently Islamic country. First an immigration judge (IJ), and then the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), affirming without opinion, rejected their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the...

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