BALTTI v. SESSIONS

No. 16-1037.

862 F.3d 718 (2017)

Binyam Bekele BALTTI, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS, III, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 10, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the petitioner was Lauren Schmoke , of Omaha, NE.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the respondent was Stefanie N. Hennes , of Washington, DC. Also appearing on the brief for respondent was Kathryn Deangelis , of Washington, DC.

Before RILEY and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and ROSSITER, District Judge.


A former member of local government in his native Ethiopia, Binyam Bekele Baltti entered the United States in 2009 on a non-immigrant visitor visa after witnessing two government-sponsored massacres. Baltti now petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals's (BIA) denial of his application for asylum, withholding...

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