NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _____________ No. 20-3277 _____________ SOLOMON SHIFFERAW GEBRU, a/k/a Felawshaw Shifferaw Gebru, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent _______________ On Petition for Review of an Order of the United States Department of Justice Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA A208-898-930) Immigration Judge: John Ellington _______________ Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) July 7, 2021 Before: AMBRO, JORDAN, BIBAS, Circuit Judges. (Filed: July 9, 2021) _______________ OPINION* _______________ * This disposition is not an opinion of the full court and, pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7, does not constitute binding precedent. JORDAN, Circuit Judge. Solomon Gebru seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the denial of his application for asylum.1 We will deny the petition. I. BACKGROUND Gebru is a forty-seven-year-old citizen of Ethiopia. He left Ethiopia in 2005 for South Africa, where he lived for ten years.2 He arrived in the United States in 2016, wanting political asylum. Officials with the Department of Homeland Security served him with a notice to appear in immigration court for lacking a valid entry document. Gebru appeared before an immigration judge (“IJ”) in York, Pennsylvania and formally requested asylum. He testified that he “was subjected to … beatings by the security forces” in Ethiopia “[b]ecause of [his] involvement in politics[.]” (A.R. at 619.) More specifically, he said that on June 8, 2005, he participated in demonstrations against the government’s alleged cancellation of the results of a recent election. By his account, a party called the Coalition for Unity and Democracy won the election and, as a supporter of that political group, he joined the demonstrations “to demand that the government accept[ ] the result of the election[.]” (A.R. at 621.) He carried a sign and chanted slogans. Government security forces arrived to disperse the crowd by force, shooting and beating protestors. e witnessed the security forces shoot someone. Gebru “was beaten on 1 The BIA’s decision also affirmed the denial of his applications for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture, but Gebru does not challenge those holdings on appeal 2 Gebru allegedly left South Africa because he was denied asylum protections, in addition to the country’s increasing crime rates and the looting of his electronics store. 2 his arms, legs, and back[,]” and he had bruises as a result of the beatings. (A.R. at 13.) The next day, he went to a clinic where he was prescribed antibiotics and pain medication for “soft tissue injury to bilateral arms and legs[,] multiple bruises and swelling on r[igh]t and l[ef]t arms[,] skin abrasion[,] and bruises on r[igh]t and l[ef]t leg[s.]” (A.R. at 841.) Gebru claims that, several days after the demonstration, he received a paper telling him to report to a police station, but that he no longer has a copy of that document. Gebru’s sister, Hermanmine Gebru, also testified as a witness at the initial merits hearing, stating that Gebru came home from the June …
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