Legal Opinion
Pieschacon-Villegas v. Attorney General of United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 5, 2011No. 09-4719PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREENAWAY, JR., Circuit Judge.
Ricardo Pieschacon-Villegas (“Piesehaeon-Villegas”) petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA” or “Board”) dismissing his appeal of the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his request for deferral of removal under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“CAT”). Pieschacon-Villegas seeks this Court’s review because he asserts that: (1) the BIA used an incorrect legal standard for determining whether torture would be inflicted with the acquiescence of the…
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