Legal Opinion
Fesseha v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 16, 2003No. 00-1610, 02-2047PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Senait Fesseha is an Ethiopian citizen who applied for asylum due to past political persecution, as well as a fear of future persecution based on her ethnicity as an Amhara. An Immigration Judge (IJ) denied her asylum application and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirmed. Fesseha then moved to reopen, based on changed country conditions. The BIA denied the motion. She petitions for review of both the denial of asylum and the denial of her motion to reopen. We affirm both denials.
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A. Factual Background
The evidence submitted to the IJ is fairly…
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