FIRISHCHAK v. HOLDER

No. 09-2238.

636 F.3d 305 (2011)

Osyp FIRISHCHAK, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 14, 2011.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 12, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Maher, III (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

William H. Kenety (argued), OIL, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before FLAUM, RIPPLE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Osyp Firishchak hid an ignominious past when he came to the United States in the wake of World War II. He represented to U.S. officials that his wartime activities comprised working on a Ukrainian cooperative. In fact, he served in the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police ("UAP"), an organization whose activities included aiding Nazis by forcibly rounding up Jews for deportation to concentration camps.

In 2005, a district court concluded that Firishchak...

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