Legal Opinion
Tilahun Fantaye Desta v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 14, 2004No. 03-70477PublishedCited by 989 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.
We review a denial of asylum for petitioner Tilahun Fantaye Desta. Desta applied for asylum after leaving Ethiopia, where he claims to have been beaten and imprisoned for his participation in two political groups that oppose the Ethiopian government. The Immigration Judge (“IJ”) found Desta not credible and denied his application. The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirmed. Desta timely petitioned this court for a review of the BIA’s decision. Because the BIA’s decision (and the IJ’s decision underlying it) is supported by substantial evidence, we…
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