Legal Opinion
Aster Worku Gebreeyesus v. Alberto R. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 6, 2007No. 06-2407PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Aster Worku Gebreeyesus, an Ethiopian citizen of Amhara ethnicity, petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying her motion to reopen her claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Worku 1 originally claimed that Ethiopian authorities imprisoned and beat her because she and her first husband participated in a government opposition group, the All Amhara People’s Organization (“AAPO”). After the BIA affirmed the Immigration Judge’s denial of her claims, Worku moved to reopen the proceedings…
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