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CECE v. HOLDER

No. 11-1989.

733 F.3d 662 (2013)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 9, 2013.

Decided February 6, 2012.

Reargued En Banc September 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Lyle D. Jentzer , Attorney, Andrew C. Maclachlan , Attorney, OIL, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Charles Roth , Attorney, National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER, FLAUM, MANION, KANNE, ROVNER, WOOD, WILLIAMS, SYKES, TINDER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

United States asylum laws grant refuge to those who have been persecuted in foreign lands because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. The complexity surfaces when we try to define terms such as persecution and "social group" — the latter of which has perplexed this court and others, and is in the spotlight once again in this case.

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Johana Cece, a native of...

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