ZHENG v. MUKASEY

No. 06-3048.

509 F.3d 869 (2007)

Wen Ying ZHENG, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 4, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore N. Cox, New York, NY, for appellant.

David E. Dauenheimer, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, ARNOLD and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Chief Judge.

Wen Ying Zheng, a native and citizen of the People's Republic of China, entered the United States in 1994. Facing deportation in September 1997, Zheng applied for asylum, withholding of deportation, and relief under the Convention Against Torture, claiming a fear of persecution if she returned to China on account of her past political activities. After the birth of a child in 1998, Zheng claimed that she also feared persecution and forced sterilization...

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