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GIRMA v. I.N.S.

No. 00-60295.

283 F.3d 664 (2002)

Sossina GIRMA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine V. Morley, Alisha Lynn Clester, Morley & Vilt, Bellaire, TX, for Petitioner.

Stephen Joseph Flynn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Immigration Litigation, Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Margaret J. Perry, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Immigration Litigation, John Ashcroft, Civ. Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, Roger D. Piper, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, Houston, TX, for Respondent.

Before JONES, WIENER, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Sossina Girma, appeals a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (hereinafter "BIA") denying her application for asylum and withholding of deportation.1 Finding a proper application of the mixed motive standard and substantial evidence to support the BIA's factual conclusions, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

Girma, a native Ethiopian citizen of Amharic ethnicity, entered the United States as a non-immigrant visitor...

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