Legal Opinion
Binyam Baltti v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 19, 2017No. 16-1037PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
A former member of local government in his native Ethiopia, Binyam Bekele Baltti entered the United States in 2009 on a non-immigrant visitor visa after witnessing two government-sponsored massacres. Baltti now petitions for, review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We deny Baltti’s petition.
I. BACKGROUND
In 2009, Baltti entered the United States on a non-immigrant visitor visa. Baltti is a member of the Mejenger tribe of Gambella, a western region of Ethiopia.…
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