Through a referral from Immigration Equality, a national organization that advocates equality in U.S. immigration law for LGBT and HIV+ individuals, Craig Pell represented a Uzbekistani claimant who feared persecution in his home country due to his sexual orientation.
Homosexuality is criminalized in Uzbekistan. The claimant was subject to harassment and the threat of arrest by police. In September 2008, the claimant was successfully granted asylum in the United States.