Legal Opinion
Nigist Shoafera v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 11, 2000No. 98-70565PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Nigist Shoafera, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions this court for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying her request for asylum and withholding of deportation. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1105(a), as modified by the “transitional rules” under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (“IIRIRA”). See Section 309(c)(4) of IIRIRA. We grant the petition and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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Shoafera, a thirty-one-year-old citizen of Ethiopia, is of…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2252, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3751 Saideh Fisher, AKA Saideh Hassib-Tehrani Kian Hosseini Lavasani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Kamla Prasad Meena Kumari Prasad Catherine Sandhya Prasad Micky Sudesh Prasad Ricky Sumit Prasad v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Baljinder Singh SANGHA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Mario Ernesto Navas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
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