JIANG v. GONZALES

No. 06-3142.

485 F.3d 992 (2007)

Chun Rong JIANG, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yongbing Zhang (argued), Wang, Leonard & Condon, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Daniel G. Lonergan (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before KANNE, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Chun Rong Jiang applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention against Torture (CAT) based on religious persecution he claims to have suffered in China both as a Christian and as the founder of an underground church. The immigration judge (IJ) denied relief because he found Jiang's testimony incredible and, alternatively, because he believed that Jiang had suffered only harassment, not persecution. The Board of...

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