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Zeljko PARIPOVIC Petitioner v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States of America, Respondent

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 12, 2005No. 03-4193PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

Zeljko Paripovic (“Paripovic”) petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the denial by an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation. We deny the petition (except as to the designation of Croatia as the alternate country for deportation). In so doing, we decide what is for us an issue of first impression — the meaning of “last habitually resided” under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42) for a “stateless” individual.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Paripovic is an ethnic Serb born…

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