BUDIONO v. MUKASEY

No. 07-2363.

548 F.3d 44 (2008)

Ester Pauline BUDIONO, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Hahn and Hahn & Matkov, on brief, for petitioner.

Kristina R. Sracic, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Gregory G. Katsas, Assistant Attorney General, and Terri J. Scadron, Assistant Director, on brief, for respondent.

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


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Ester Pauline Budiono, a young Indonesian woman, petitions for review of the denial of her application for asylum by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"). She is a Christian and ethnic Chinese and asserted persecution on both grounds. We deny the petition.

Budiono arrived in the United States on December 17, 2003 on a tourist visa that authorized her to remain in the country until June 14, 2004...

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