Abdoulaye Sacko v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Abdoulaye Sacko petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that affirmed an immigration judge’s (IJ) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT).

Sacko is a native and citizen of Mauritania. He claims to have entered the United States on September 12, 2000. In December 2000, Sacko filed an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the CAT, alleging that Mauritanian authorities had arrested and imprisoned him, used him as slave labor, and forcibly deported him to…