Legal Opinion
Selamawit Zehatye v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 13, 2006No. 04-73295PublishedCited by 1,002 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Selamawit Zehatye challenges the Board of Immigration Appeals’s (“BIA”) denial of her application for asylum and withholding of removal based on her status as a Jehovah’s Witness. We affirm.
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A. Zehatye’s Arrival in the United States
Zehatye is a native and citizen of Eritrea, a country located in Northern Africa. After boarding a plane in Kenya and changing flights somewhere in Europe, she ultimately arrived at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia on July 13, 2002. She presented herself to immigration officials at the airport and sought asylum,…
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