LOHO v. MUKASEY

No. 04-73136.

531 F.3d 1016 (2008)

Lieke LOHO, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Porta, Esq., Law Offices of Cohen, Porta & Kim, Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause for the petitioner and was on the briefs.

Anthony Norwood, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., argued the cause for the respondent and was on the briefs; Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Terri J. Scadron, Mark L. Gross, Gregory B. Friel, and Christopher C. Wang, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the briefs.

Before: JOHN R. GIBSON, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.


O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether an immigration judge properly discredited an asylum applicant's claim that she suffered persecution in her native country of Indonesia, when previous to her applications she twice visited the United States and yet voluntarily returned to Indonesia following each sojourn.

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Lieke Loho, a native and citizen of Indonesia, was admitted into the United States...

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