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SOK v. MUKASEY

No. 07-2113.

526 F.3d 48 (2008)

Sopheap SOK, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. MacDonald, on brief for petitioner.

Joan H. Hogan, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Linda S. Wendtland, Assistant Director, on brief for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, Circuit Judges, and TASHIMA, Senior Circuit Judge.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Sopheap Sok overstayed her visitor's visa to the United States. More than one year after entry, she applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"), alleging that she had suffered persecution in her native Cambodia and feared future persecution on account of her political beliefs. The immigration judge ("IJ") dismissed her asylum claim as untimely, and denied the withholding and CAT claims...

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