JUDGE DIMARZIO GRANTS KENYAN MALE'S FGM RELATED ASYLUM CLAIM IN JUDGE'S LAST CASE IN LOS ANGELES

On September 30, 2010, Attorney Hamilton completed the trial of a Kenyan anti-FGM male's asylum claim, in what was to be Immigration Judge DiMarzio's final merits hearing in Los Angeles, California before transferring to his home town of Chicago.

In granting the asylum claim, the judge found that Hamilton had established that the alien, who had resided in the U.S. for over a decade before applying for asylum, had overcome the one year filing bar in asylum claims and did qualify for asylum.

This ends several years of litigation for the alien and Mr. Hamilton, who has been on the case throughout the Asylum Office and Immigration Court phases of the matter.

Chow & Hamilton congratulates our client and wishes Judge DiMarzio well in his new assignment in Chicago.

By: Maria Rangel