Legal Opinion
Alemu v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 11, 2007No. 06-3309PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Martha Wondimu Alemu, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying her motion to reopen her removal proceedings. Alemu contends that an academic article concerning the effect of torture on members of her Oromo ethnic group demonstrates changed country conditions in Ethiopia, which would support granting an out-of-time motion to reopen. We deny the petition for review.
Alemu was admitted to this country as a non-immigrant visitor for pleasure on October 6, 1999. After she failed to leave by the prescribed…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Yuri Harchenko, Oleksandr Harchenko, and Tetiana Harchenko v. Immigration and Naturalization Service John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
- Martha Wondimu Alemu v. Alberto GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by8 opinions
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