KEBE v. GONZALES

No. 05-4437.

473 F.3d 855 (2007)

Getu Hailu KEBE and Gedam Tesfaye Ayele, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 19, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Oesterle (argued), Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for Petitioners.

Jill E. Zengler, Erin R. Lewis (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.

Before POSNER, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Getu Kebe, an Ethiopian citizen, and his wife, Gedam Tesfaye Ayele, petition for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying their motion to reopen their claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Kebe's original claim was that Ethiopian authorities imprisoned and beat him because of his membership in the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). His wife filed a derivative claim for asylum...

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