Legal Opinion
Berisha v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 7, 2014No. 13-3490PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
Mark Vasel Berisha, a native and citizen of Albania, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), dismissing his appeal from the denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We deny the petition.
After leaving Albania in 1997 due to the civil war, Berisha entered the United States without inspection in 1999. Ten years later, Berisha filed an application for asylum and withholding of removal based on his membership in a particular social group — the mentally ill. The Department of Homeland Security served Berisha with a notice to appear,…
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