WOLDEMESKEL v. I.N.S.

No. 00-9516.

257 F.3d 1185 (2001)

Yeshwared WOLDEMESKEL, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing October 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Stern, (Stephanie Goldsborough, with him on the briefs), Stern & Elkind, Denver, Colorado, for Petitioner.

Erin Albritton, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division (David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, with her on the brief), United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before TACHA, Chief Judge, McKAY, and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc October 1, 2001.

TACHA, Chief Judge.

The petitioner appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals' order denying her request for asylum and withholding of deportation and granting voluntary departure. Exercising jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1105a(a) (1995),1 we deny the petition for review.

I. Background

The petitioner, Ms. Yeshwared Woldemeskel, is a native...

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