PHENG v. HOLDER

No. 10-1627.

640 F.3d 43 (2011)

Vantha PHENG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 12, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Stylianos, Jr. , on brief for petitioner.

Kristin A. Moresi , Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, and Shelley R. Goad , Assistant Director, on brief for respondent.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

A Cambodian woman, Vantha Pheng, petitions for review of the denial of her applications for asylum, withholding of removal (WOR), and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). We will assume familiarity with the standards for granting such relief from removal and with the deferential substantial evidence standard of judicial review, under which we will reverse the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) only if "a `reasonable...

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