Legal Opinion
Yayeshwork Abay and Burhan Amare v. John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General and Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 19, 2004No. 02-3795PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMerritt, J., joined by Feikens, D. J.,
SUTTON, J. (pp. 643-46), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
Yayeshwork Abay and her minor daughter Burhan Amare, citizens and natives of Ethiopia, petition the Court for review of an order in which the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed without opinion the *636immigration judge’s denial of their consolidated claims for asylum and withholding of deportation under section 208(a) and former section 243(h)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 8 U.S.C. § 1158(a) (2004); 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h)(1) (1996). Both Abay and Amare seek asylum based on…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Guennadi Y. Mikhailevitch v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Soadjede v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- C-Y-ZBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1997
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3Cited by107 opinions
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- Almaz Sayoum Abebe Sisay Mengistu v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Cai Luan Chen v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
- S-L-LBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2006
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