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CASTILHO DE OLIVEIRA v. HOLDER

No. 07-3307.

564 F.3d 892 (2009)

Jonathan CASTILHO DE OLIVEIRA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean V. Hoffman (argued), Katten Muchin Rosenman, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

James A. Hunolt (argued), Emily A. Radford, Department of Justice, Civil Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Jonathan Castilho de Oliveira, a citizen of Brazil, sought asylum and withholding of removal, claiming that Brazilian governmental and banking officials were involved in the assassination of his father and are now intent on taking his life. An Immigration Judge ("IJ") disbelieved Castilho de Oliveira's story and also held in the alternative that even if it were true, it did not establish eligibility for asylum. The Board of Immigration Appeals...

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