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HAILE v. GONZALES

Nos. 03-3953, 04-3161, 04-4014.

421 F.3d 493 (2005)

Temesgen W. HAILE, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent. Everusalem M. Tekelu, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 29, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Melville W. Washburn (argued), Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner, Everusalem M. Tekelu.

George P. Katsivalis, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, John M. McAdams, Jonathan F. Potter (argued), Stacy S. Paddack (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., Chuck Rosenberg, Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before COFFEY, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

The petitioners in these cases (which we consolidate for decision) are Ethiopians of Eritrean descent who left Ethiopia during its two-year war with Eritrea—a period marked by the arrest and deportation from Ethiopia of thousands of ethnic Eritreans. Hostilities between the two countries officially ended in June 2000, but the petitioners nevertheless claim to fear persecution based on their ethnicity if they are returned...

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