Legal Opinion
Daniela M. Ciorba v. John D. Ashcroft, 1
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 21, 2003No. 02-2213PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Daniela M. Ciorba seeks review of an adverse decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “BIA” or “Board”) that denied her request for asylum. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the decision of the BIA and dismiss the petition.
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BACKGROUND
A. Facts
Ms. Ciorba is a twenty-eight-year-old native of Romania. According to her application for asylum, several generations of her family actively resisted the Communist regime and the dictatorship of Ceausescu. Both of Ms. Ciorba’s grandfathers were jailed for their opposition to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- George R. Ambati and Pranaykumar Ambati v. Janet Reno, Attorney General, and Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Jan Zalega v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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