Legal Opinion
Hair Rodriguez-Molinero v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 17, 2015No. 15-1860PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Rodriguez-Molinero seeks deferral of removal to Mexico on the ground that he will be tortured if forced to return there. The Convention Against Torture, an international convention to which the United States is a party, forbids the return of “a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture.” Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Dec. 10, 1984, Senate Treaty Doc. No. 100-20, p. 20, 1465 U.N.T.S. 85, Art. 3(1). A federal regulation states…
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