Legal Opinion
Almaz Sayoum Abebe Sisay Mengistu v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 30, 2005No. 02-72390PublishedCited by 276 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge.
Mr. Sisay Mengistu and his wife, Ms. Almaz Abebe (together Petitioners), are natives and citizens of Ethiopia who petition for review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying their application for asylum and withholding of removal. The BIA adopted the decision of the Immigration Judge (IJ), who concluded that Petitioners had not demonstrated a well-founded fear of persecution. Petitioners argued that if the family were returned to Ethiopia, their nine-year-old daughter would be subjected to *1039female genital mutilation (FGM) and Mr. Mengistu would…
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