LUCAJ v. WILKINSON

No. 20-1566.

990 F.3d 723 (2021)

Nikolin LUCAJ, Rita Lucaj, Mariela Lucaj, Gordon Lucaj, Leticia Lucaj, Petitioners, v. Robert M. WILKINSON, in his official capacity as Acting Attorney General of the United States. Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Marotta and Law Office of Gregory Marotta on brief for petitioner.

Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, John S. Hogan , Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Brianne Whelan Cohen , Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, on brief for respondent.

Before Thompson, Boudin, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


In 2001, the Socialist Party of Albania won country-wide elections. In October of that year, Nikolin Lucaj, his wife, and three of his children travelled to the United States from Albania. He returned to Albania briefly but reentered the United States on February 10, 2002 and applied for asylum, arguing that he and his family...

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