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ZEHATYE v. GONZALES

No. 04-73295.

453 F.3d 1182 (2006)

Selamawit ZEHATYE, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 13, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Jobe, Law Office of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, CA, for petitioner Zehatye.

Peter K. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Mark Waters, Assistant Director, Lisa M. Arnold, Senior Litigation Counsel, Timothy B. Walthall, Trial Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent Alberto R. Gonzales.

Before MARSHA S. BERZON, JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Selamawit Zehatye challenges the Board of Immigration Appeals's ("BIA") denial of her application for asylum and withholding of removal based on her status as a Jehovah's Witness. We affirm.

I.

A. Zehatye's Arrival in the United States

Zehatye is a native and citizen of Eritrea, a country located in Northern Africa. After boarding a plane in Kenya and changing flights somewhere in Europe, she...

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