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BUESO-AVILA v. HOLDER

No. 10-2760.

663 F.3d 934 (2011)

Erlin BUESO-AVILA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 29, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian S. Shull (argued), Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

OIL, William C. Peachey , Rebecca Hoffberg Phillips (argued), Mona M. Yousif , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Helen Elizabeth Dallam , Attorney, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Gregory L. Berlowitz , Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae, National Association of Evangelicals and Rutherford Institute.

Before MANION, ROVNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Erlin Bueso-Avila, a citizen of Honduras, sought asylum and withholding of removal. He alleged that he had suffered persecution at the hands of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang on account of his evangelical Christian religious beliefs and his church youth group membership. The Immigration Judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals denied Bueso-Avila's application because he had failed to establish that...

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