Legal Opinion
Antipas Konou v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 9, 2014No. 09-71454PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMAN, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Antipas J. Konou seeks review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) reversing the Immigration Judge’s (IJ’s) finding that Konou was eligible for relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). This case arises from the fact that Konou fled the Marshall Islands in 1980 as a teenager after being sexually assaulted and beaten as a homeless, homosexual child. The authorities there allegedly did nothing to intervene. He came to California under a student visa and remained without documentation.
In 1999, Konou was convicted in a California…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Giovanni Molina-Estrada v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
- Lydia Garcia-Milian v. Eric Holder, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
- Li Chen Zheng, AKA Zheng Li Chen v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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