Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit June 23, 2005, Docket 03-40095 (Elrem Islami v. Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General, Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services)

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge.

Elrem Islami (“Islami”), a former resident of Kosovo, and a citizen of Yugoslavia,

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came to the United States on December 17, 1999 and, on May 17, 2000, petitioned for asylum and withholding of removal, under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as well as for protection under Article 3 of the U.N. Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).

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