Legal Opinion
Menghesha v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 13, 2006No. 04-1716PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Petition for review granted; vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge KING joined. Judge WILLIAMS wrote a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
GREGORY, Circuit Judge.
Simmon Y. Menghesha fled his native country of Ethiopia on July 8, 2001, the day he learned that government officials had discovered his role in "thwarting the arrest of anti-government protestors. The following day, Menghesha arrived in the United States and sought asylum under Section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a). Menghesha…
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