Legal Opinion
Rapheal v. Mukasey
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 2008No. 07-1391PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Colcer Rapheal sought asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). An Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denied Ra-pheal’s petitions, finding that she was not credible and that without any evidence to corroborate her claims of persecution and torture, she failed to establish a right to relief. Rapheal appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals (“Board”), and the Board affirmed based solely on the lack of corroborative evidence. Because Ra-pheal’s hearing before the IJ did not conform to statutory requirements, we grant the petition for…
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