United States First Circuit

A petition for review of a denial of Albanian petitioner's asylum application is denied where: 1) a finding that petitioner did establish past persecution in Albania was supported by the evidence, despite her experiences of political discrimination; and 2) even if such experiences rose to the level of past persecution, the government established that circumstances in Albania had changed so fundamentally since petitioner left as to obviate her otherwise well-founded fear of future persecution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/22/2006
• Published 11/27/2006

Judges

• CYR, Senior Circuit Judge., Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and SINGAL, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carlos E. Estrada, on brief, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Greg D. Mack, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Patricia M. Bowman, Attorney, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, on brief, for respondent.