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SHERIFF v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF U.S.

No. 08-1645.

587 F.3d 584 (2009)

Martina SHERIFF, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: November 24, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Mulligan, Esq. (Argued), Nationalities Service Center, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

Susan B. Green, Esq. (Argued), Richard M. Evans, Esq., Lindsay B. Glauner, Esq., Angela N. Liang, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before: BARRY, FISHER and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BARRY, Circuit Judge.

This is a case of almost unimaginable horrors inflicted on a Liberian woman by supporters of former Liberian president, Charles Taylor. Those horrors, which include witnessing the murder of her mother and the rape of her daughter, who later died; the abduction of her other daughter, now presumed dead; and her own capture and detention, during which time she was bound with electrical wire and raped multiple times...

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