MARROQUIN-OCHOMA v. HOLDER

No. 08-2760.

574 F.3d 574 (2009)

Ingrid Veronica MARROQUIN-OCHOMA, also known as Melissa Diaz, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 28, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Richard Casper, argued, West St. Paul, MN, for Petitioner.

Tiffany Walters Kleinert, argued, David V. Bernal, and Lance Lomond Jolley, on the brief, Washington, DC. for Respondent.

Before MURPHY, MELLOY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Ingrid Marroquin-Ochoma, a native and citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (the "BIA") denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (the "CAT"). We deny her petition for review.

I.

Marroquin-Ochoma entered the United States in May of 2005. Removal proceedings were commenced against her on March 31, 2006. Marroquin...

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