BECK v. MUKASEY

Nos. 07-1345, 07-1351.

527 F.3d 737 (2008)

Istvan BECK, Hilda Beckne Aranyi, Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy E. Wichmer, St. Louis, MO, for petitioner.

Jennifer L. Lightbody, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Anh-Thu P. Mai, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice and Janette Allen, Summer Law Intern, on the brief, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, HANSEN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Chief Judge.

Petitioners Istvan Beck and his wife, Hilda Beckne Aranyi, are natives and citizens of Hungary who entered the United States in 2001 and stayed past the period authorized by their non-immigrant visas. Separate removal proceedings commenced in October 2003 and were later consolidated. Petitioners conceded removability and applied for asylum and withholding of removal, claiming each would be persecuted on account of their Romani (gypsy) ethnicity...

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