GOMEZ v. GONZALES

No. 04-2922.

425 F.3d 543 (2005)

Jorge Ines GOMEZ; Sonia Magnolia Gomez; Jorge Osvaldo Gomez, Petitioners, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 10, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip F. Fishman, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for petitioners.

Aviva L. Poczter, argued, United States Defender Of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, for respondent.

Before MELLOY, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners seek review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We affirm.

I.

The lead petitioner is Jorge Ines Gomez. His wife and son, Sonia Magnolia Gomez and Jorge Osvaldo Gomez, are his fellow petitioners. All the petitioners are originally from Guatemala. They entered the United States without inspection...

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