Legal Opinion
Ceraj v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 28, 2007No. 06-4148PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Seferin Ceraj and his wife, Irini Deda-Ceraj, both natives and citizens of Albania, entered the United States using fraudulent documents in March of 1997. In August of 1997, Ceraj filed an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the United Nation’s Convention Against Torture (CAT). Deda-Ceraj filed an application that was entirely derivative of her husband’s. Notices to Appear, charging them with being subject to removal, were issued in February of 2001. Following a merits hearing in March of 2005, an Immigration Judge (IJ)…
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