CHEN v. GONZALES

No. 04-2623.

418 F.3d 110 (2005)

Xue Xiang CHEN, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States; et al., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas B. Payne on brief for petitioner.

George B. Henderson, II, Assistant United States Attorney, and Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, on brief for respondents.

Before SELYA, LYNCH, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Xue Xiang Chen, from the People's Republic of China, unlawfully entered the United States on June 17, 2001, and applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The application was based on Chen's allegations that the government forced his girlfriend to have an abortion in China in 1998.

The Immigration Judge (IJ) found him not credible and denied him the requested...

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