CUKO v. MUKASEY

No. 07-1273.

522 F.3d 32 (2008)

Vllasi CUKO, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 31, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robbin K. Blaya, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Peter D. Keisler, Acting Attorney General, Anthony W. Norwood, Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief, for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Vllasi Cuko, a citizen and national of Albania, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which affirmed an immigration judge's (IJ) denial of his application for political asylum.

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BACKGROUND

After Cuko entered the United States via Italy in July 2001, he was placed in removal proceedings and filed an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the...

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