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FERREIRA v. LYNCH

No. 15-2603.

831 F.3d 803 (2016)

Ana Veronica Jimenez FERREIRA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 12, 2016.

Re-issued as Opinion August 5, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Katharine Koop , Attorney, National Immigrant Justice Center, Piotr E. Korzynski , Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Matthew Albert Connelly , OIL, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before BAUER, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Ana Veronica Jimenez Ferreira, a 40-year-old native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, applied for asylum and withholding of removal based on her membership in a social group that she describes as Dominican women in relationships they cannot leave. Jimenez testified in immigration court that she fled to the United States because the government...

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