DESTA v. ASHCROFT

No. 01-9530.

329 F.3d 1179 (2003)

Genet Gebregziabher DESTA; Tekie Girmay Melles; Fitsum Melles, Petitioners, v. John D. ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Stern (Todd Irwin, with him on the briefs), Stern & Elkind, Denver, Colorado, appearing for Petitioners.

Julia K. Doig, Senior Litigation Counsel (David M. McConnell, Deputy Director, with her on the brief), Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, appearing for Respondent.

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


PETITION FOR REVIEW FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERVICE (Nos. A70 627 942; A70 627 943; A70 627 944)

TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.

I. Background

The Immigration Judge ("IJ") denied petitioners asylum but withheld their deportation to Ethiopia. The Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") later designated Canada as the alternate country of deportation in order to correct the IJ's failure to designate an alternate...

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