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CIRCU v. GONZALES

No. 02-73420.

450 F.3d 990 (2006)

Violeta CIRCU, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 9, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jagdip Singh Sekhon, San Francisco, CA, briefed and argued the cause for the petitioner.

Margaret Perry, Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for the respondent. With her on the briefs were Peter D. Keisler, Donald E. Keener, Christopher C. Fuller, and Janice K. Redfern.

Before MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, HARRY PREGERSON, PAMELA ANN RYMER, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, M. MARGARET McKEOWN, RAYMOND C. FISHER, MARSHA S. BERZON, JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Argued and Submitted En Banc December 13, 2005.

CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge.

Based primarily on a fear of future religious persecution in her native country of Romania, the petitioner, Violeta Circu, applied for asylum and other relief here in the United States. The immigration judge ("IJ") held a hearing on the matter, where the U.S. State Department's 1997 Romania Country Report on Human Rights Practices ("1997 Report") and 1997 Profile of Asylum Claims and...

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