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TSEGAY v. ASHCROFT

No. 02-9577.

386 F.3d 1347 (2004)

Teshai Hogos TSEGAY, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, United States Attorney General, Respondent. American Immigration Law Foundation, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 26, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily Jeanellen Curray (Kenneth Stern and Lisa H. York on the briefs), Stern and Elkind, LLP, Denver, CO, for Petitioner.

Jamie M. Dowd (Peter D. Keisler, Linda S. Wernery and John D. Williams on the briefs) United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Beth Werlin, Nadine K. Wettstein, and Mary A. Kenney, American Immigration Law Foundation, Washington, D.C., on brief for Amicus Curiae for Petitioner.

Before EBEL, TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges, and HEATON, District Judge.

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Teshai Hogos Tsegay was born in 1954 in a region of Ethiopia that later became part of the country of Eritrea. Though raised as an Orthodox Christian, in 1986 she converted to the Jehovah's Witnesses religion. After being persecuted by government officials for her religious activities as a Jehovah's Witness, she fled Eritrea and legally entered the United States in 1996 on a six-month temporary visa.

In 1997, her temporary...

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