Legal Opinion
Edu v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 26, 2010No. 06-72609, 07-70590PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:
Josephine Edu, a native and citizen of Nigeria, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) denial of her application for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture 1 (CAT), and from its denial of her motion to reopen. Deferral was denied on the basis that Edu could avoid torture by ceasing to exercise her political rights, and that the mere fact that she had endured female genital mutilation was insufficient to support CAT relief. We grant her petition in part and remand.
BACKGROUND
Josephine Edu is a forty-seven-year-old woman…
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