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DESTA v. ASHCROFT

No. 03-70477.

365 F.3d 741 (2004)

Tilahun Fantaye DESTA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 14, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dario Aguirre, Linda Pollack, Aguirre Lappin & Grande, San Diego, California, for the petitioner.

Janice K. Redfern, Christopher C. Fuller, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: Procter Hug, Jr., Arthur L. Alarcón, and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge.

We review a denial of asylum for petitioner Tilahun Fantaye Desta. Desta applied for asylum after leaving Ethiopia, where he claims to have been beaten and imprisoned for his participation in two political groups that oppose the Ethiopian government. The Immigration Judge ("IJ") found Desta not credible and denied his application. The Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirmed. Desta timely petitioned this court for a review...

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