Legal Opinion

Bromfield v. Mukasey

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 15, 2008No. 05-75844PublishedCited by 82 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Damion Nathanial Bromfield (“Brom-field”) petitions this court for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) order affirming an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of Bromfield’s application for withholding of removal under INA § 241(b)(3), 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3), and the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“CAT”). We hold that the evidence in the record compels the conclusion that there exists in Jamaica a pattern or practice of persecution of gay men and that the IJ applied the wrong legal standard in…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2252, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3751 Saideh Fisher, AKA Saideh Hassib-Tehrani Kian Hosseini Lavasani v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  3. Neama El Sayed Ramadan Gaser Hesham El Gendy v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  4. Andaranik Bandari v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  5. Maya Avetova-Elisseva v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by82 opinions

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