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CHEN v. HOLDER

No. 08-2790.

578 F.3d 515 (2009)

Liang CHEN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gang Zhou (argued), New York, NY, for Petitioner.

Annette M. Wietecha, Drew Brinkman (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Div. Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Liang Chen is a citizen of China and an applicant for asylum. He also has been, up until now, a victim of bad timing. After Chen presented a claim for asylum based on his wife's involuntary abortion, the Attorney General changed the government's interpretation of the relevant statute so that a spouse no longer qualifies as a refugee because his partner suffered an involuntary abortion. See Matter of J-S-, 24 I. & N. Dec. 520, 523-24...

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