CHANTHOU HEM v. MUKASEY

No. 07-1775.

514 F.3d 67 (2008)

CHANTHOU HEM and Khieng Hay Mom a.k.a. Kimheng Tek, Petitioners, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. MacDonald, on brief, for petitioners.

Elizabeth A. Greczek, Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and Barry J. Pettinato, Assistant Director, on brief, for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners Chanthou Hem and Khieng Hay Mom, a wife and husband, are citizens of Cambodia who seek review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA") affirming denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT").1 An Immigration Judge ("IJ") found that their accounts of political persecution lacked credibility, and the BIA agreed...

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