DOROSH v. ASHCROFT

No. 03-3246.

398 F.3d 379 (2004)

Ganna Romanivna DOROSH, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General; Immigration and Naturalization Service, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Argued October 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Scott E. Bratton, Margaret Wong & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, for Petitioner. Paul Fiorino, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondents. ON BRIEF: Scott E. Bratton, Margaret Wong & Associates, Cleveland, Ohio, for Petitioner. Timothy P. McIlmail, Jeffrey J. Bernstein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Before SUHRHEINRICH and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; and McKEAGUE, District Judge.


SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Ganna Romanivna Dorosh ("Petitioner") appeals from the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying her applications for asylum and withholding of removal. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM the decision of the BIA.

I.

Petitioner grew up in West Ukraine with her Jewish mother and her Catholic father. In 1980, her father was murdered by his co-workers, presumably because he married...

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