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KHEM v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-2725.

342 F.3d 51 (2003)

Sovann KHEM, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 26, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Warren, was on brief, for petitioner.

Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director, and Ann Carroll Varnon, Attorney, were on brief, for respondent.

Before LYNCH, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Sovann Khem, a native and citizen of Cambodia, entered the United States on July 13, 1997, and applied for asylum on December 3, 1997. Khem claims a well-founded fear of persecution based on her political opposition to the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and her husband's death while fighting CPP troops. Her application for asylum and withholding of removal was denied by an Immigration Judge (IJ). The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) summarily...

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