Legal Opinion
Vumi v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 31, 2007No. 05-6185-agPublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
In September 2001, petitioner Luluengi-sa Chantal Vumi (“Vumi”), a native and citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”), applied for asylum and withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158, 1231, and for relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“CAT”), Dec. 10, 1984, S. Treaty Doc. No. 100-20, 1465 U.N.T.S. 85. She alleged that she had been twice arrested, interrogated, and mistreated by the DRC military, which suspected her…
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