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BEGNA v. ASHCROFT

No. 04-1425.

392 F.3d 301 (2004)

Nur Hussein BEGNA, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 16, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nuro B. Dedefo, Columbia Heights, MN, for appellant.

Mark B. Stern and Stephanie R. Marcus, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before MURPHY, LAY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Nur Hussein Begna, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, entered the United States with a forged passport. An immigration judge (IJ) denied his request for asylum and related relief, and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued a summary affirmance. Begna now petitions for review of the BIA's order.

Begna was born in 1971 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. By his account, his father is of Eritrean descent and his mother is of Oromo descent....

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