YANG v. GONZALES

No. 04-1285.

413 F.3d 757 (2005)

Eng YANG, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 6, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia G. Mattos, St. Paul, MN, for petitioner.

Patricia A. Smith, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, RILEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Chief Judge.

Eng Yang, a citizen of Laos and member of the Hmong ethnic group, entered the United States in December 1992 as a non-immigrant visitor and filed a request for asylum in April 1993. The former Immigration and Naturalization Service initiated removal proceedings in 1999. After an evidentiary hearing, the Immigration Judge (IJ) denied Yang asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture, ordered Yang removed, and granted...

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