Legal Opinion
Navaratwam Kamalthas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 5, 2001No. 99-71081PublishedCited by 635 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner seeks review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) denying his motion to reopen his exclusion proceedings under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“Convention Against Torture” or “Convention”). We are asked to decide an issue of first impression in this circuit: whether an alien who has been found ineligible for political asylum necessarily fails to qualify for relief under the Convention Against Torture. The petitioner, Navaratwam Kamalthas, a 25. year-old…
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