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MARTINEZ-BUENDIA v. HOLDER

No. 09-3792.

616 F.3d 711 (2010)

Doris MARTINEZ-BUENDIA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 10, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason A. Frye , Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Charles Roth (argued), National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Brendan P. Hogan , OIL, Ann C. Varnon , Terri J. Scadron , Aaron R. Petty (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before FLAUM, MANION, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Doris Martinez-Buendia appeals her denial of asylum and withholding of removal. Martinez-Buendia is a fifty-year-old optometrist from Colombia. She came to the United States in 2005 and applied for asylum on the ground that she was being persecuted by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia— commonly known as the "FARC") on account of her anti-FARC political position and her...

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