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MITREVA v. GONZALES

No. 04-1707.

417 F.3d 761 (2005)

Valentina MITREVA, et al., Petitioners, v. Alberto GONZALES, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicolette Glazer (argued), Century City, CA, Petitioner, for Petitioners.

Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Larry P. Cote (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., Dawn M. Burton, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Valentina Mitreva, a Bulgarian and ethnic Rom (gypsy), applied for asylum on account of her nationality based on her participation in a rally for Romani equality that led to a confrontation with the police. The Immigration Judge (IJ) denied the application, which Mitreva's family joined, and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirmed. The Board found that Mitreva failed to establish a nexus between the harm she suffered and...

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