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FAYE v. HOLDER

No. 09-1229.

580 F.3d 37 (2009)

Maguette FAYE, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Yavner on brief, for petitioner.

John D. Williams, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Russell J.E. Verby, Senior Litigation Counsel, Office of Immigration Litigation, on brief for respondent.

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

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Maguette Faye, of Senegal, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals's ("BIA") denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We deny her petition.

I.

Maguette Faye entered the United States on October 22, 2000, on a six-month tourist visa, which she overstayed. Immigration authorities issued a Notice...

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