ALI v. GONZALES

No. 04-1738.

401 F.3d 11 (2005)

Aziza A. ALI, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General, United States of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derege B. Demissie, with whom Demissie & Associates was on brief, for petitioner.

Susan K. Houser, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, with whom Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Richard M. Evans, Assistant Director, were on brief, for respondent.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Aziza Ali appeals the Board of Immigration Appeals's ("BIA") affirmance of an Immigration Judge's denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We affirm.

I. Background

Ali, a native and citizen of Ethiopia, entered the United States at Washington, D.C., on June 23, 1999, as a nonimmigrant authorized to remain in the United States...

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