KOBUGABE v. GONZALES

No. 05-1607.

440 F.3d 900 (2006)

Beth KOBUGABE, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Ten Broeck, Jr. (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, David B. Edwards (argued), Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Dallas, TX, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

After seven years in the United States, Beth Kobugabe (whose student visa had expired) applied for asylum, contending that she would be persecuted in her native Uganda. Because Kobugabe had not sought asylum within a year of arriving, however, her application was denied as untimely. 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a)(2)(B). She remains eligible for withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3)(A), which provides that immigration officials...

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