Legal Opinion
Lecaj v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 3, 2010No. Docket 09-0768-agPublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
Petitioner Fatmir Lecaj, a native of the former Yugoslavia, seeks review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “BIA”) and the decision of Immigration Judge Paul A. DeFonzo (the “IJ”) denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Fatmir Lecaj, No. A 99 075 388 (B.I.A. Jan. 30, 2009), aff'g No. A 99 075 388 (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City July 25, 2007).
Lecaj was born in Montenegro when it was a component of Yugoslavia; he claims he was persecuted because of his Albanian ethnicity and…
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