Legal Opinion
Violeta Circu v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 9, 2006No. 02-73420PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge.
Based primarily on a fear of future religious persecution in her native country of Romania, the petitioner, Violeta Circu, applied for asylum and other relief here in the United States. The immigration judge (“IJ”) held a hearing on the matter, where the U.S. State Department’s 1997 Romania Country Report on Human Rights Practices (“1997 Report”) and 1997 Profile of Asylum Claims and Country Conditions for Romania were admitted into evidence. Two years after the hearing, however, the IJ, relying on a 1999 Country Report on Human Rights Practices (“1999 Report”)…
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