Helina Mekonnen v. Loretta Lynch

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Helina Teferra Mekonnen, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) dismissing her appeal from the immigration judge’s (IJ) decision finding that she was ineligible for benefits under the Immigration and Nationality Act because she filed a frivolous asylum application. See 8 U.S.C. § 1168(d)(6) (2012). We dismiss in part and deny in part the petition for review.

Insofar as Mekonnen argues that her asylum application is not frivolous because she did not submit false…