GEBREEYESUS v. GONZALES

No. 06-2407.

482 F.3d 952 (2007)

Aster Worku GEBREEYESUS, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 6, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas John Davis (argued), Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Karen Lundgren, Department of Homeland Security Office of the Chief Counsel, Chicago, IL, Benjamin J. Zeitlin (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Katherine A. Loyd, Department of Justice Enviromental Enforcement Section, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Aster Worku Gebreeyesus, an Ethiopian citizen of Amhara ethnicity, petitions for review of the order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying her motion to reopen her claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Worku1 originally claimed that Ethiopian authorities imprisoned and beat her because she and her first husband participated in a government opposition group...

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