HONGYOK v. GONZALES

No. 05-61169.

492 F.3d 547 (2007)

Puangsuk HONGYOK, Petitioner, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Coane, Ajay Kumar Choudhary (argued), Coane & Associates, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.

John Clifford Cunningham (argued), Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Linda Susan Wendtland, John S. Hogan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Trey Lund, Field Office Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Attn: Carl Perry, New Orleans, LA, Sharon A. Hudson, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Houston, TX, for Respondent.

Before GARWOOD, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Puangsuk Hongyok seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") denying withholding of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3) and protection under the Convention against Torture ("CAT"), 8 C.F.R. §§ 1208.16 through -18. We deny the petition.

I.

Hongyok is an adult female native and citizen of Thailand. In 1999 or 2000 she entered the United States at or near Los Angeles, California...

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