Legal Opinion

Jorgji v. Mukasey

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided January 24, 2008No. 07-4571PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

Pandeli and Dimitrulla Jorgji, who are husband and wife, and their son Angjello Jorgji are citizens of Albania. All entered the United States on tourist visas (Pandeli in 2000 and Dimitrulla and Angjello in 2001) which they then overstayed. Pande-li and Dimitrulla each applied for asylum— Dimitrulla in March 2002 and Pandeli in November 2002 — and each claimed the other spouse and their son as derivatively entitled to asylum. 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(3)(A) (2000); 8 C.F.R. 208.3(a) (2007).

In June 2002 the responsible agency— then the Immigration and Naturalization Service…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1999
  2. Audelio Arriaga-Barrientos v. U.S. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
  3. Hongke Zhang v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
  4. Valli Kandiah Ravindran v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
  5. Laeila Nelson, Stephanie Nelson, Phil Nelson v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by35 opinions

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  3. Diaz-Garcia v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
  4. Cuko v. MukaseyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
  5. Decky v. HolderCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009

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