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ALIBEAJ v. GONZALES

No. 06-1338.

469 F.3d 188 (2006)

VIOLETA ALIBEAJ, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 22, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos E. Estrada, on brief, for petitioner.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Greg D. Mack, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Patricia M. Bowman, Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, on brief, for respondent.

Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and SINGAL, District Judge.

CYR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Violeta Alibeaj petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") which affirmed an immigration judge's denial of her asylum application. We deny the petition.

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BACKGROUND

In February 2001, Alibeaj, a native and citizen of Albania, entered the United States illegally. During her removal proceedings, Alibeaj submitted an application for asylum, claiming that the Albanian Communist...

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