JORGE-TZOC v. GONZALES

Docket No. 04-1738-AG.

435 F.3d 146 (2006)

Manuel JORGE-TZOC, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Pilsbury, Central American Legal Assistance, Brooklyn, NY, for Petitioner.

Jonathan S. Gasser, Acting United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina; Christie V. Newman, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, SC, for Respondents.

Before: STRAUB, POOLER, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Manuel Jorge-Tzoc petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") that affirmed without opinion an order of an immigration judge ("IJ"). Although the order under review denied asylum, withholding of removal, and relief pursuant to the Convention Against Torture, Jorge-Tzoc limits his claims of error to the IJ's denial of asylum.

At a hearing before the IJ, Jorge-Tzoc testified that he and his family are Mayan Indians...

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