N.Y.C.C. v. BARR

No. 18-2618.

930 F.3d 884 (2019)

N.Y.C.C., Petitioner, v. William P. BARR, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Collins, III , Dylan Glenn , Thomas J. Heiden , Attorneys, LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, Chicago, IL, Lisa Katharine Koop , Attorney, NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Oil OIL, Arthur L. Rabin , Attorneys, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Linda T. Coberly , Attorney, WINSTON & STRAWN LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae END DOMESTIC ABUSE WISCONSIN, IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CLINIC, LEGAL AID SOCIETY, NATIONAL IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S ADVOCACY PROJECT.

Before Easterbrook, Kanne, and Scudder, Circuit Judges.


To obtain asylum in the United States, N.Y.C.C. needed to establish that she has faced past persecution or harbors a well-founded fear of future persecution based on her membership in a particular social group. An immigration judge determined that she fell short of making this showing and denied her application. The Board...

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