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Parties Involved:
John D. Ashcroft
Respondent
Liming Qiu
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 02-4053

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Liming Qiu, *

*

Petitioner, *

* Petition for Review of an

v. * Order of the Board of

* Immigration Appeals.

John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General *

of the United States, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Respondent. *

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Submitted: August 16, 2004

Filed: August 19, 2004

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Before MELLOY, LAY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Liming Qiu, a citizen of China, petitions for review of an order of the Board

of Immigration Appeals affirming an Immigration Judge’s (IJ’s) denial of her

application for asylum, withholding of removal, and deferral of removal under the

Convention Against Torture (CAT). Qiu testified that after the birth of her first child

she had been repeatedly visited and threatened by Chinese authorities seeking to

enforce a one-child policy, and that she feared persecution if she returned to China

and became pregnant with a second child as she desired. See 8 U.S.C.

§ 1101(a)(42)(A) (persecution for resistance to coercive population control program

is deemed persecution on account of political opinion). 

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After careful review of the record, we defer to the IJ’s finding that Qiu lacked

credibility, because that finding was supported by specific, cogent reasons for

disbelief. See Loulou v. Ashcroft, 354 F.3d 706, 709 (8th Cir. 2003). Qiu thus failed

to establish her claims. See id. at 709-10 (Attorney General may grant asylum to

aliens who are unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin because of

persecution or well-founded fear of persecution on account of political opinion);

Francois v. INS, 283 F.3d 926, 932-33 (8th Cir. 2002) (standard for withholding of

removal is more onerous than standard for asylum); 8 C.F.R. § 208.16(c)(2) (CAT

claimant must show it is more likely than not she would be tortured if removed to

proposed country).

Accordingly, we deny the petition.

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