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CECE v. HOLDER

No. 11-1989.

668 F.3d 510 (2012)

Johana CECE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott E. Bratton (argued), Attorney, Wong & Associates, Cleveland, OH, for Petitioner.

Lyle D. Jentzer (argued), OIL, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and MANION and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Johana Cece, a citizen of Albania, petitions for review of a decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals upholding the denial of her application for asylum because she had not established membership in a particular social group. Cece argues on appeal that young Albanian women in danger of being trafficked for prostitution constitute a social group. Her proposed group, however, is defined solely by the persecution feared by its members and...

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