Legal Opinion
Rasiah v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 9, 2009No. 08-1398, 08-1740PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Prabakaran Rasiah is an ethnically Tamil Sri Lankan citizen. He seeks review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming an order by an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) that denied his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). Rasiah sought this relief alleging that he had suffered persecution at the hands of the Sri Lankan army because of his Tamil ethnicity. The background events and proceedings can be briefly summarized.
Rasiah sought to enter the United States on May 4, 2007, in San Juan,…
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