United States Fifth Circuit

A petition for review of a decision denying petitioners asylum, individually and as a married couple, from Eritrea and Ethiopia is denied where there was no error as to the resolution of either their individual claims for asylum, or their claim for asylum on the basis that they will be separated if removed to their respective countries, which are in a state of conflict.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/24/2006
• Published 10/25/2006

Judges

• EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and WIENER and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brett Michael Schuman (argued), Thomas M. Peterson, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric Warren Marsteller (argued), Civ. Div., David V. Bernal, Thomas Ward Hussey, Dir., Jamie Marie Dowd, U.S. Dept. of Justice, OIL, Washington, DC, E.M. Trominski, Dist. Dir., U.S. INS, Harlingen, TX, Caryl G. Thompson, U.S.INS, Attn: Joe A. Aguilar, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.