Legal Opinion
John Gomes, Jessie Gomes, Jonathan Gomes, and Keira Gomes v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 11, 2007No. 03-3020, 04-1018PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners John Gomes, his wife Jessie, and their two minor children, natives and citizens of Bangladesh, are seeking asylum in this country because of severe mistreatment they received as Catholics in the midst of that prominently Islamic country. First an immigration judge (IJ), and then the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), affirming without opinion, rejected their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). The first petition for review before this court seeks relief from those rulings. In…
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