RRESHPJA v. GONZALES

No. 04-3808.

420 F.3d 551 (2005)

Vitore RRESHPJA, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Scott A. Keillor, Ypsilanti, Michigan, for Petitioner. Shelley Goad, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Scott A. Keillor, Ypsilanti, Michigan, for Petitioner. Shelley Goad, Linda S. Wendtland, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: KENNEDY, CLAY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Vitore Rreshpja is a citizen of Albania who was born in 1982. She arrived in the United States in November of 2001 with a fraudulently obtained nonimmigrant visa after an unknown man attempted to abduct her in her home country. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) initiated removal proceedings against her several months later. At a hearing before an immigration judge (IJ), Rreshpja requested a grant of asylum or...

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