Tetyana Lomtyeva v. Jefferson Sessions

MEMORANDUM *

Tetyana Sergeevna Lomtyeva, a citizen of Ukraine, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order upholding an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of her requests for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT"). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(1), and we grant the petition for review.

Lomtyeva entered the United States in August 2008 on a temporary visa. She applied for asylum in May 2009. In June 2009, the Department of Homeland Security issued a Notice to Appear, which charged Lomtyeva with removal…