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PATHMAKANTHAN v. HOLDER

Nos. 08-2644, 08-3777.

612 F.3d 618 (2010)

Suganthan PATHMAKANTHAN, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 16, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran (argued), Law Office of Visuvanathan Rudrakumaran, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Shahrzad Baghai (argued), OIL, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CUDAHY and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and DARRAH, District Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

As fighting raged between Sri Lankan security forces and the separatist Tamil Tigers, Suganthan Pathmakanthan (Petitioner) found himself caught in the middle. Petitioner is an ethnic Tamil who lived in an area of Sri Lanka controlled by the Tigers. Although he was not personally involved with the Tigers, he was subject to repeated stops and questioning by the Sri Lankan forces. Between 2002 and 2005, he was subjected to some 15 arrests, after...

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