HOUNMENOU v. HOLDER

No. 11-1990.

691 F.3d 967 (2012)

Mathias HOUNMENOU; Corine Edith Hounmenou; Marine Celestine Hounmenou, Petitioners, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth K. Schmitt , argued, St. Louis, MO, for Petitioner.

John J.W. Inkeles , argued, US DOJ Office of Immigration Litigation, Maria Guyton , on the brief, US DOJ Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, SMITH and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Mathias Hounmenou, Corine Edith Hounmenou, and Marine Celestine Hounmenou (collectively, Petitioners or Hounmenous) petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) decision affirming the immigration judge's (IJ) denial of their application for asylum, withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), and protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT). Petitioners...

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