Case Name: Mutoba M. KASONGO, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-12-11
Citations: 83 F. App'x 632
Docket Number: No. 03-60125
Parties: Mutoba M. KASONGO, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 83
Pages: 632–633

Head Matter:
Mutoba M. KASONGO, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 03-60125
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 11, 2003.
Joyce A Shatteen, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.
Anne M. Estrada, US Immigration & Naturalization Service, Dallas, TX, Thomas Ward Hussey, Director, Emily Anne Radford, Assistant Director, Papú Sandhu, John Ashcroft, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Caryl G. Thompson, US Immigration & Naturalization Service, District Directors Office, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent.
Before: BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Mutoba M. Kasongo, a citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, appeals from the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming the decision of the Immigration Judge (IJ) denying asylum, withholding of deportation, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Kasongo contends that the BIA erred by affirming the IJ's decision without an opinion; that the IJ erred by denying her application for asylum and withholding of deportation because she established past persecution based on her political views, and that she established her eligibility for relief under the Convention Against Torture because she presented evidence of past torture by government forces.
We have approved of the BIA's use of summary-affirmance procedures. Soad-jede v. Ashcroft, 324 F.3d 830, 833 (5th Cir.2003). The use of those procedures was appropriate in Kasongo's case. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.1(a)(7).
We do not disturb the IJ's finding that Kasongo was not credible. See Chun v. INS, 40 F.3d 76, 78 (5th Cir.1994). The record indicated that Kasongo's political activity, and that of her husband, was not sufficient to raise a well-founded fear of persecution by the Congolese government. See Faddoul v. INS, 37 F.3d 185, 188 (5th Cir.1994). Finally, Kasongo has not shown that it is more likely than not that she would be tortured by anybody acting in an official capacity upon return to the DROC. See 8 C.F.R. § 208.18(a)(1).
PETITION DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir R. 47.5.4.