VAHORA v. HOLDER

No. 11-3189.

707 F.3d 904 (2013)

Nazirmohammad I. VAHORA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Sager (argued), Attorney, Law Office of Jason Sager, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

David Schor (argued), Attorney, OIL, Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before MANION, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Nazirmohammad I. Vahora is a citizen of India. He is also Muslim. In 2002, a train caught fire in Gujarat, India, where he lived. Many Hindu pilgrims and activists were killed, and violence between Hindus and Muslims followed. Vahora testified that he and several Muslim friends were shot in the days after the train fire by local Hindu religious or political leaders, and that these persons continued...

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