Ketut Wira Prawira v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States

LOKEN, Chief Judge..

Ketut Wira Prawira, an ethnic Chinese citizen of Indonesia, entered the United States in 1998 and overstayed his nonim-migrant visitor visa. When the Immigration and Naturalization Service commenced removal proceedings, Prawira conceded removability and applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). After a hearing, the Immigration Judge (IJ) denied his application. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed without opinion, making the IJ’s decision the final agency action. See 8 C.F.R. §§ 1003.1(a)(7)(iii), (e)(4). 1…