Legal Opinion
Silvana Paloka v. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 7, 2014No. Docket 12-4987-agPublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The primary issue on this appeal is whether “young Albanian women” or “young Albanian women between the ages of 15 and 25” qualify as a “particular social group” for asylum purposes. 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A). Petitioner Silvana Palo-ka appeals from the December 4, 2012, order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing her application for asylum and other relief. See In re Silvana Paloka, No. A093-341-960 (BIA Dec. 4, 2012).
In view of the BIA’s two recent prece-dential decisions clarifying its interpretation of “particular social group” for asylum…
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