MIRZOYAN v. GONZALES

Docket No. 05-0866-AG NAC.

457 F.3d 217 (2006)

Serine MIRZOYAN, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren N. Stone, Brooklyn, NY, for Petitioner.

Rodger A. Heaton, United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, Patrick D. Hansen, Assistant United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Respondent.

Before STRAUB, SOTOMAYOR, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In this case, the petitioner's applications for asylum and withholding of removal were denied, in part, because Immigration Judge Barbara A. Nelson ("the IJ") concluded that the economic mistreatment the petitioner claims to have suffered in her native country does not constitute "persecution" under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A). The Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") has not clearly identified the statutory construction of the word "persecution" it...

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