Legal Opinion
Lucy Sibanda v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 13, 2015No. 14-2157PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
After fleeing from her native Zimbabwe to the United States, Lucy Sibanda applied for asylum and other relief from removal. She fears that if she is repatriated, her brother-in-law will exercise his rights under a tribal custom that deems her, his brother’s widow, his property and will attempt to rape her as he has done .before. The immigration judge denied Sibanda’s application, in part for lack of corroboration of the alleged custom and the attempted rapes. The Board of Immigration Appeals found her account credible, but it dismissed her appeal because of insufficient…
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