Legal Opinion
Mengstu v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 27, 2009No. 05-71825PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Ruth Aynom Mengtsu petitions this court for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of her application for asylum. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1). We grant the petition for review and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
Ruth Aynom Mengtsu is an Ethiopian national of Eritrean descent. She was born in 1976 in Asmara, Ethiopia. 1 When she was five years old, she moved to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, with her family. Mengtsu completed high school and studied at a…
2Cases cited12 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
- Jamal Ali Farah v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Mario Ernesto Navas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Damjan Knezevic and Danica Knezevic v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by8 opinions
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