GEORGIS v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-2786.

328 F.3d 962 (2003)

Zebenework Haile GEORGIS, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Babatunde A. Irukera (argued), Thomas & Irukera, Chicaho, IL, for Petitioner.

George P. Katsivalis, Dept. of Homeland Security Office of District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Anh-Thu P. Mai (argued), Dept. of Justice Civil Div., Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Petitioner Zebenework Haile Georgis seeks review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying her petitions for asylum and withholding of deportation and ordering her removal from the United States to Ethiopia, where she is a citizen. An Immigration Judge ("IJ") determined that Georgis's claims of racial and political opinion discrimination in Ethiopia did not merit asylum because...

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