MAKONNEN v. I.N.S.

No. 93-4010.

44 F.3d 1378 (1995)

Elizabeth MAKONNEN, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janis M. Clay, Minneapolis, MN, argued, for appellant.

Richard M. Evans, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, argued (Frank W. Hunger, U.S. Asst. Atty. Gen., and David J. Kline, Asst. Director, on the brief), for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, LAY, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Elizabeth Makonnen petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (the BIA or Board) denying her application for political asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (1988 & Supp. V 1993) and withholding of deportation under 8 U.S.C. § 1253(h) (Supp. V 1993), granting her request for voluntary departure instead, and denying her motion to remand her case to the Immigration Judge for consideration of additional evidence...

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