Legal Opinion

Amartsengel Sanjaa v. Jefferson Sessions

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided July 21, 2017No. 13-73098PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BEA, Circuit Judge:

Amartsengel Sanjaa, a native and citizen of Mongolia, served as a police officer in his home country. When he began to investigate a drug-trafficking operation that involved Lkhagvasuren, a famous Mongolian singer, and Naranbaatar, the son of a parliamentarian, Sanjaa was beaten and threatened several times by unidentified individuals. The individuals told Sanjaa that they knew he was a police officer and demanded that he stop the drug-trafficking investigation and destroy any evidence from the investigation. Although the drug-trafficking investigation eventually led…

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