Legal Opinion
Samson Eshete Getachew v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 2, 1994No. 92-70836PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge PREGERSON.
PREGERSON,. Circuit Judge:
I. OVERVIEW
Samson Getachew, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’s denial of his applications for asylum and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158 and 1253(h). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a)(l). We grant the petition for review.
II. BACKGROUND
Samson Getachew arrived on our shores from Ethiopia in March of 1985 at the age of .seventeen, initially entering the United States via a tourist visa. Six months later, he enrolled in community college and was granted a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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