Legal Opinion
Mhireteab Wondmneh v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 25, 2004No. 02-4010PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
Mhireteab Wondmneh (Wondmneh), a native of Ethiopia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) summarily affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of Wondmneh’s application for asylum and withholding of removal. Wondmneh argues (1) the BIA erred when it failed to find a well-founded fear of future prosecution, and (2) the BIA failed to consider a valid claim for withholding of removal. After careful review of the record, we deny the petition.
I. BACKGROUND
Wondmneh, a member of the Amhara ethnic group in Ethiopia, entered the United…
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