Legal Opinion
Tesfaye Aberra Gebremichael v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 23, 1993No. 92-1678, 93-1486PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
In these consolidated appeals, petitioner Tesfaye Gebremichael claims that the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Board or BIA) erred in finding him ineligible for asylum, withholding of deportation, and suspension of deportation. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(a), 1253(h), and 1254(a) (1988 & Supp. IV 1992). Petitioner’s principal argument is that he is eligible for asylum as a result of the detention and torture visited upon him as a means of persecuting his brother. Petitioner also raises the vexing procedural issue of when the Board can take “official notice” of country…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-FonsecaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DohertySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. StevicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by129 opinions
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