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SOBALEVA v. HOLDER

No. 13-3651.

760 F.3d 592 (2014)

Katsiaryna SOBALEVA and Alexandru Potorac, Petitioners, v. Eric HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 24, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary J. Yerman , Attorney, Yerman & Associates, LLC, New York, NY, for Petitioners.

OIL, Mona M. Yousif, Attorney, William C. Peachey , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before TINDER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and KAPALA, District Judge.

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Katsiaryna Sobaleva, a citizen of Belarus, entered the United States on a valid student visa. She applied for asylum, contending that the Belarusian government persecuted her for her political opinion before she left and likely would do so again if she were to return. She also requested asylum for her husband, Alexandra Potorac, a citizen of Moldova. (Because Potorac's eligibility for asylum derives entirely from Sobaleva's, it...

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