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ZEINAB JAMIL EL-MOUSSA,
Petitioner,
v.
ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General,
Respondent.


No. 08-3982

On Petition for Review of a Decision
of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
No. A96 419 706.
Argued: April 30, 2009
Decided and Filed: June 17, 2009
Before: KENNEDY, GIBBONS, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

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OPINION
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ROGERS, Circuit Judge. Zeinab El-Moussa petitions for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture. El-Moussa asserts that her failed marriage to a Lebanese imam, whom she met and married shortly after entering the United States, and her subsequent marriage to a Christian, place her at risk of violence if she returns to Lebanon. The Immigration Judge denied El-Moussa’s asylum claim because she did not apply for asylum within one year of entering the United States. Her claim does not fall under one of the exceptions that would give this court jurisdiction to review a denial based on untimeliness. El-Moussa does not qualify for relief on either of her other two claims because the IJ’s determination that El-Moussa did not testify credibly is entitled to deference under the standards set forth in the REAL ID Act of 2005.