Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit April 28, 2004, 02-3065 (Rizaja Pelinkovic, Sanija Pelinkovic, and Svebor Pelinkovic v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States)

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

I. Background

Rizaja Pelinkovic applied for asylum in 1995. His wife, Sanija, and his son, Sve-bor, made derivative claims under 8 U.S.C. § 1153(d). The Pelinkovics are Muslims and ethnic Albanians from the city of Bar in Montenegro, a part of the former Yugoslavia.