AKINFOLARIN v. GONZALES

No. 04-2526.

423 F.3d 39 (2005)

Ronke AKINFOLARIN, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark B. Laroche on brief for petitioner.

Jocelyn Lopez Wright, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Kristin K. Edison, Law Clerk, on brief for respondent.

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


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Ronke Akinfolarin, a native and citizen of Nigeria, seeks review of a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which affirmed, without opinion, the Immigration Judge's (IJ's) denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). We deny the petition for review.

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Akinfolarin entered the United States as a...

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