Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit February 14, 2007, 06-1171, 06-1172 (Nadejda Pavlovich Alexandre Ivanovich Shirokov v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States of America)

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LOKEN, Chief Judge.

Alexandre Shirokov and his wife, Nadej-da Pavlovich, entered the United States as non-immigrant visitors in 1992 and 1993, respectively, and separately applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Removal proceedings were initiated against Shirokov in 2000 and against Pav-lovich in 2004.