Legal Opinion
Aneta Lumaj v. Alberto R. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 6, 2006No. 05-3350PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Aneta Lumaj, a native and citizen of Albania, appeals the denial of her claim for asylum pursuant to section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1158, and voluntary withholding of removal pursuant to section 241(b)(3)(A) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(A). Lu-maj applied for asylum on the basis of political persecution, claiming that she was attacked by two men at a political rally because of her membership in the Youth Forum of the Albanian Democratic Party (“Youth Forum”). The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) found that Lumaj…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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