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FESSEHAYE v. GONZALES

No. 03-3933.

414 F.3d 746 (2005)

Hanna H. FESSEHAYE, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary L. Sfasciotti (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Michelle E. Gorden (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS") brought removal proceedings against Eritrean citizen Hanna Fessehaye. She filed an asylum claim and application for withholding of removal, but obtained no relief. She then brought a motion to reopen her case. See 8 U.S.C. § 1229a(c). In pertinent part, she alleged changed circumstances in that she had become a Jehovah's Witness and consequently feared persecution because of her...

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