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TOLOSA v. ASHCROFT

No. 03-1937.

384 F.3d 906 (2004)

Hiwot G. TOLOSA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 4, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Godfrey Y. Muwonge (argued), Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner.

George P. Katsivalis, Chicago, IL, Paul Fiorino (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before COFFEY, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Hiwot Tolosa, an Ethiopian citizen of Oromo descent, petitions for review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal. Tolosa and her sister left Ethiopia after their father had fled to Kenya and their mother, of Eritrean descent, had been deported to Eritrea. Because the immigration judge ("IJ") erroneously discredited Tolosa and failed to acknowledge...

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