Petition for Asylum

By: Derek Hawkins//May 2, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Hernel Silais v. Jefferson B. Sessions III

Case No.: 15-3277

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges

Focus: Petition for Asylum

Hernel Silais, a Haitian citizen and opposition political party member, petitioned the United States for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). The Immigration Judge, and later the Board of Immigration Appeals (collectively, the “Agency”), denied his petition. We do the same.

Petition Denied

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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