HASSAN v. HOLDER

No. 08-1535.

571 F.3d 631 (2009)

Ahmed HASSAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cook, Attorney (argued), Geman & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Julie M. Iversen, Attorney, Jonathan Robbins (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before ROVNER, EVANS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


TINDER, Circuit Judge.

Ahmed Hassan, an Ethiopian national, petitioned for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). The Immigration Judge ("IJ") denied Hassan's petition, concluding that inconsistencies between Hassan's asylum application and hearing testimony rendered his claims incredible and, alternatively, that Hassan failed to show the persecution necessary to establish asylum eligibility. The Board of Immigration...

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