Legal Opinion
Fedosseeva, Tatiana v. Gonzales, Alberto R.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 5, 2007No. 06-3216PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Tatiana Fedosseeva claims that she is “stateless” and thus entitled to asylum in the United States. Born and raised in Russia during the Soviet era, she moved to Latvia as an adult and stayed there after the Soviet Union dissolved. She argues that she is stateless because in 1993 she used her Soviet passport to depart Latvia for the United States without acquiring citizenship in either Latvia or Russia. An Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denied Fedos-seeva’s request for asylum and withholding of removal; the IJ found her not credible and held that she failed to establish past…
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