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SANTOS-LEMUS v. MUKASEY

No. 07-70604.

542 F.3d 738 (2008)

Jose Nelson SANTOS-LEMUS, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 8, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Shaiken, Law Office of Stephen Shaiken, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner.

James E. Grimes, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Erica B. Miles, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.

Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges, and ROBERT J. TIMLIN, District Judge.

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Santos-Lemus petitions from the dismissal by the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) of his appeal from an immigration judge's (IJ) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We deny the petition.

I.

Santos-Lemus, a native and citizen of El Salvador, entered the United States without inspection on July 18, 2004. Prior to coming to the United States...

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