Owino v. Holder

MEMORANDUM *

Sylvester Owino petitions for review of the BIA’s final order of removal, which found him credible but denied his requests for asylum, withholding of removal and deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). He appeals only his CAT deferral claim. Owino argues that (1) the Immigration Judge (“IJ”) and Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) applied the wrong legal standard to his CAT claim; (2) the IJ violated his due process rights by failing to allow his brother to testify telephonieally; and (3) the BIA violated his due process rights by failing to consider…