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PALOKA v. HOLDER

Docket No. 12-4987-ag.

762 F.3d 191 (2014)

Silvana PALOKA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kai W. De Graaf , New York, N.Y., for Petitioner.

Margot L. Carter , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., ( Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Leslie McKay , Assistant Director of the Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Respondent.

Before: NEWMAN, WALKER, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

The primary issue on this appeal is whether "young Albanian women" or "young Albanian women between the ages of 15 and 25" qualify as a "particular social group" for asylum purposes. 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A). Petitioner Silvana Paloka appeals from the December 4, 2012, order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") dismissing her application for asylum and other relief. See In re...

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