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GUTA-TOLOSSA v. HOLDER

No. 10-2132.

674 F.3d 57 (2012)

Awulachew GUTA-TOLOSSA, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eleanor J. Newhoff , for petitioner.

Stefanie Notatino Hennes , Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, with whom Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Leslie McKay , Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, were on brief for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, STAHL and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Awulachew Guta-Tolossa appeals an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).1 Finding that the BIA failed to address two central issues in this case, we grant Guta-Tolossa's petition for review, vacate the order of removal, and remand.

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