Legal Opinion
Vitore Rreshpja v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2005No. 04-3808PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Vitore Rreshpja is a citizen of Albania who was born in 1982. She arrived in the United States in November of 2001 with a fraudulently obtained nonimmigrant visa after an unknown man attempted to abduct her in her home country. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) initiated removal proceedings against her several months later. At a hearing before an immigration judge (IJ), Rreshpja requested a grant of asylum or, in the alternative, the withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). She claims that she is at risk of…
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