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ABDILLE v. ASHCROFT

No. 00-1659.

242 F.3d 477 (2001)

Mohamed ABDILLE, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed March 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

OLGA NARYMSKY, ESQUIRE (ARGUED) Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society 333 Seventh Avenue New York, N Y 10001

AMY GOTTLIEB, ESQUIRE American Friends Service Committee 972 Broad Street, 6th Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Counsel for Petitioner

DAVID W. OGDEN, ESQUIRE Assistant Attorney General RICHARD M. EVANS, ESQUIRE Assistant Director PAUL FIORINO, ESQUIRE (ARGUED) MICHAEL P. LINDEMANN, ESQUIRE ALISON M. IGOE, ESQUIRE United States Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation P.O. Box 878, Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Counsel for Respondent

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

Mohamed Jama Abdille, a Somali native, petitions for a review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) decision that: (1) denied him asylum from Somalia on the ground that he had firmly resettled in South Africa; and (2) denied him asylum from South Africa on the ground that he failed to establish past persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution in that country. Abdille's Petition for Review requires...

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