Shitalben Patel v. Eric Holder, Jr.

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Shitalben Patel, a native and citizen of India, began an excavation business with her husband in 2004. To do so, she borrowed approximately sixty or seventy lacks (roughly equivalent to $350,000) from six friends, on the condition that she pay the money back within three years and at an interest rate of 1.5%. The business failed, and Patel was able to pay only part of the money she owed. In 2008, after the time for repayment lapsed, Patel’s creditors began threatening her. They sent men to her home and to follow her around town, and the men warned her…