ALMUHTASEB v. GONZALES

No. 04-3984.

453 F.3d 743 (2006)

Jihan Hatem ALMUHTASEB, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Thomas P. Adams, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Petitioner. Jonathan F. Potter, Douglas E. Ginsburg, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; MOORE and COOK, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Jihan Hatem Almuhtaseb ("Almuhtaseb") petitions this court for review of the denial of her request for asylum, or, in the alternative, withholding of removal, by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). Almuhtaseb's petition allows us to consider for the first time the effect of § 106(a)(1)(A)(iii) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 ("REAL ID Act"), 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a...

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