WENG v. HOLDER

No. 09-1273.

593 F.3d 66 (2010)

Jin WENG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Joyce and Joyce & Associates P.C. were on brief for the petitioner.

Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, and Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, were on brief for the respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Jin Weng, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an immigration judge's (IJ) decision denying her petition for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The IJ and BIA rejected Weng's claim that she has faced and will likely face religious persecution in China as an adherent of Zun Wang, a banned religion in China. The...

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