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GEORGIEVA v. HOLDER

No. 13-1792.

751 F.3d 514 (2014)

Mariya Borisova GEORGIEVA and Lachezar D. Dimitrov, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 6, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon Marie Shepherd , Immigration Attorneys, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.

Catherine Bye , Tracie N. Jones , OIL, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Mariya Borisova Georgieva and Lachezar Dimitrov are Roma asylum-seekers. In 2002, the couple left Bulgaria and entered the United States legally. They say they were fleeing some of their non-Roma countrymen who had threatened Georgieva after she resisted being forced into the sex trade and became active in pro-Roma politics. Georgieva and Dimitrov also say they wanted to escape the atmosphere of persecution that faces the Roma people in Bulgaria...

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