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DESNA v. GONZALES

No. 05-3208.

454 F.3d 896 (2006)

Larissa Nikolvevna DESNA, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 21, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Holmes, argued, Bloomington, MN, for appellant.

Paul Fiorino, argued, U.S. Department Of Justice, OIL, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before MURPHY, BEAM, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

BENTON, Circuit Judge.

The Immigration Judge and Board of Immigration Appeals denied the application of Larissa Nikolvevna Desna for asylum, withholding of deportation, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. This court affirms.

Desna, born in the Ukraine, is a citizen of Russia. She entered the United States in September 1999 on a P visa. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(P).

Desna applied for asylum on September 1, 2000, filling...

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