Legal Opinion
Nur Hussein Begna v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2004No. 04-1425PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Nur Hussein Begna, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, entered the United States with a forged passport. An immigration judge (IJ) denied his request for asylum and related relief, and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued a summary affirmance. Begna now petitions for review of the BIA’s order.
Begna was born in 1971 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. By his account, his father is of Eritrean descent and his mother is of Oro-mo descent. He testified that his brother and sister were executed by the Dergue regime in 1980 because of their political beliefs. His brother was…
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