GEMECHU v. ASHCROFT

No. 03-2164.

387 F.3d 944 (2004)

Taddese Lencho GEMECHU, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: November 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian L. Aust, St. Paul, MN, for petitioner.

Thomas C. Lederman, Washington, DC (Peter D. Keisler and Emily Anne Radford, on the brief), for respondent.

Before MURPHY, BRIGHT, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.


MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Taddese Lencho Gemechu ("Gemechu") seeks review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). The BIA affirmed the decision of the Immigration Judge ("IJ") that found Gemechu was not credible and that he failed to meet his burden of proof for establishing that he has a well-founded fear of persecution in his home country of Ethiopia.

I. Procedural Background

Gemechu entered the United States...

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