Legal Opinion
Donchev v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 16, 2009No. 05-74709PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge Kleinfeld; Dissent by Judge BETTY B. FLETCHER.
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
Petar Georgiev Donchev (Donchev) seeks asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture as a member of a particular social group, friends of the Roma.1
FACTS
Donchev entered the United States on March 1, 2003 at age 26 on a false Belgian passport that he bought. He is Bulgarian, not Belgian. His mother lives in Bulgaria, his sister in the United States, where she has become a citizen. Donchev was apprehended when special agents from the Bureau of Immigration and Customs…
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