United States Sixth Circuit

Record evidence compels the conclusion that both mother and nine-year-old child have a well-founded fear that the child will be subjected to female genital mutilation should they be returned to Ethiopia; thus they are refugees eligible for asylum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/19/2004
• Published 05/19/2004

Judges

• Before MERRITT and SUTTON, Circuit Judges;  FEIKENS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• E. Dennis Muchnicki (argued and briefed), Dublin, OH, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard M. Evans (briefed), United States Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Nancy E. Friedman (briefed), United States Department of Justice Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, Julia K. Doig (argued), United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents.