United States Fifth Circuit

Petition for review of a decision denying Thai petitioner withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) is denied where the BIA's conclusion, that petitioner failed to meet her burden to prove that she personally would more likely than not be subject to persecution in Thailand, was supported by substantial evidence. The court does not address the BIA's legal conclusion that escaped sex slaves are not a protected social group.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/03/2007
• Published 07/03/2007

Judges

• JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce A. Coane, Ajay Kumar Choudhary (argued), Coane & Associates, Houston, TX, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• John Clifford Cunningham (argued), Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Linda Susan Wendtland, John S. Hogan, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Trey Lund, Field Office Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Attn:  Carl Perry, New Orleans, LA, Sharon A. Hudson, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Houston, TX, for Respondent.