Ly v. Holder

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

Buntha Ly, a native and citizen of Cambodia, seeks review of a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which upheld an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his request for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We deny Ly’s petition.

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Ly entered the United States on a tourist visa on April 15, 2000, and did not leave when his visa expired on October 14, 2000. On November 22, 2000, Ly filed an application for asylum. More than three years later, on February 6, 2004, the Department of Homeland Security…