MENJIVAR v. GONZALES

No. 04-2635.

416 F.3d 918 (2005)

Sandra Lorena MENJIVAR, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce D. Nestor, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for petitioner.

Gjon Juncaj, argued, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Jennifer J. Keeney, on the brief, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C.), for respondent.

Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Sandra Lorena Menjivar petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We deny the petition for review.

I.

Sandra Menjivar is a native and citizen of El Salvador who entered the United States on January 29, 2002. On February 8, 2002, the government initiated removal proceedings against...

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