Legal Opinion

Tesfamichael v. Gonzales

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 24, 2005No. 04-61180PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners Senait Kedane Tesfamichael and Dawit Tessema-Damte, seeking review of their requests for asylum, move this court for a stay of removal pending our consideration, on the merits, of their petition for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). We grant the motion for stay.

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The petitioners are a married couple seeking asylum in the United States. He, Dawit, is Ethiopian and she, Senait, was born in Ethiopia but is ethnically Eritrean. In the late 1990’s, the uneasy situation between Ethiopia and its former province, Eritrea,…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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  2. Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
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  4. Yu Zhao v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  5. National Labor Relations Board v. Nash-Finch Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971

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