KRISHNAPILLAI v. HOLDER

No. 07-2512.

563 F.3d 606 (2009)

Sundar R. KRISHNAPILLAI, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran, Attorney (argued), Law Office of Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran, New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Walter M. Evans, Attorney (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Sundar R. Krishnapillai ("Sundararajan")1, a native and citizen of Sri Lanka, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the "BIA" or "Board") sustaining the denial of his requests for asylum, restriction on removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. Based on his own experiences in Sri Lanka and on the adverse treatment of other ethnic Tamils like himself,...

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