SOMBAH v. MUKASEY

No. 07-1481.

529 F.3d 49 (2008)

Poppy N. SOMBAH et al., Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 17, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Hahn and Hahn & Matkov on brief for petitioners.

Don G. Scroggin, Trial Attorney, Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, on brief for respondent.

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


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Poppy Sombah, her husband Freddy, and her minor son, all natives and citizens of Indonesia, petition for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying their applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We deny the petition.

Sombah and her son entered the United States on November 3, 2003 with non-immigrant visitor visas which authorized them to remain...

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