Legal Opinion
Wolde Amanuel Feleke v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1997No. 96-2243PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Wolde Amanuel Feleke appeals the denial of his application for asylum and withholding of deportation by the Board of Immigration Appeals. We remand for further proceedings.
I. BACKGROUND
Feleke is Ethiopian. He contends he will be subject to persecution if he is deported. By way of background, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown by a coalition of opposition groups in 1974. A Marxist/Leninist regime led by Mengistu Haile Mariam (Mengistu) gained power after an intense period of violence known as the “Red Terror.” Mengistu remained in power until 1991, at which…
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