LYBESHA v. HOLDER

No. 08-2025.

569 F.3d 877 (2009)

Spiro LYBESHA; Erilda Demo; Ersa Lybesha, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara D. Bleish, argued, St. Louis, MO, for Petitioner.

Edward John Duffy, argued, USDOJ, OIL, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners Spiro Lybesha, his wife Erilda Demo, and their daughter Ersa Lybesha, natives and citizens of Albania, sought asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention against Torture (CAT). The Immigration Judge (IJ) denied all three claims and was affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Petitioners seek review, arguing that the IJ and the BIA erred in denying the relief they seek. We deny the petition.

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