Legal Opinion

Ganna Romanivna Dorosh v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 20, 2004No. 03-3246PublishedCited by 85 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Petitioner Ganna Romanivna Dorosh (“Petitioner”) appeals from the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her applications for asylum and withholding of removal. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM the decision of the BIA.

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Petitioner grew up in West Ukraine with her Jewish mother and her Catholic father. In 1980, her father was murdered by his co-workers, presumably because he married a Jewish woman. In 1982, her mother was allegedly imprisoned for speaking out about anti-Semitism. Petitioner lived temporarily at an orphanage, where she claims she was humiliated and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Moussa Diallo v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
  4. Shabanali Ladha Khatoon Ladha Farzana S. Ladha v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  5. Saleh Capric, Camila Capric, Albert Capric, and Elvis Capric v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, 1Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by85 opinions

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  4. Yinggui Lin v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2009
  5. Blaise Mapouya v. Alberto R. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007

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