Legal Opinion
German Ochoa Claudia Diaz v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 16, 2005No. 03-72322PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Senior Circuit Judge.
German Ochoa, the primary petitioner, and his wife Claudia Diaz, the secondary petitioner, are natives and citizens of Colombia. They petition for review of a Bureau of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order denying asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“CAT”).
Removal proceedings against the petitioners commenced on or about January 14, 1999. Because the proceedings were initiated after April 1, 1997, the effective date of the Illegal…
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