PURWANTONO v. GONZALES

No. 06-2083.

498 F.3d 822 (2007)

Herik PURWANTONO, Petitioner, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States of America, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory S. Bachmeier, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

John W. Blakeley, Peter D. Keisler, and Emily Anne Radford, USDOJ, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Herik Purwantono petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which adopted and affirmed the decision of an immigration judge (IJ) denying Purwantono's application for asylum and withholding of removal. Insofar as we have jurisdiction to consider his claims, we deny the petition for review.

Purwantono is a native of Indonesia and a Muslim. His claims for relief rest on his contention that members of a...

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