GIDAY v. GONZALES

No. 04-1962.

434 F.3d 543 (2006)

Selemawit F. GIDAY, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 5, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin R. Burton (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the District Counsel, Chicago, IL, Francis W. Fraser (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Selemawit Giday requests asylum in this country, claiming that the government of the country of Eritrea, where she was born and raised, persecuted her due to her mixed Ethiopian and Eritrean ancestry. An immigration judge deemed her testimony not credible and found, in the alternative, that she had failed to establish that she met the criteria for refugee status. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)

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