Ludmila Pak v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Ludmila Valentinovna Pak, a native of the former Soviet Union and a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, petitions this court for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) dismissing her appeal from an immigration judge’s (IJ) decision denying her application for asylum and withholding of removal and ordering her removal to Kyrgyzstan. We deny the petition for review.

On November 14, 2006, Pak entered the United States as a nonimmigrant visitor for pleasure with authorization to remain for a temporary period. After that period expired, Pak filed an application for asylum, withholding of…