Legal Opinion
Kugarajah RATNAM, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1998No. 97-70000PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Kugarajah Ratnam, a 28-year old native and citizen of Sri Lanka, petitions for review of the BIA’s affirmance of the IJ’s order of exclusion and deportation. Ratnam claims that the BIA erred in holding that the presumption of political motivation arising from his torture by the Sri Lankan government was rebutted by evidence that the government’s purpose was to gather intelligence regarding terrorist activity. We grant the petition and remand so that the BIA may grant withholding of deportation and exercise its discretion whether to grant asylum.
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Kugarajah Ratnam was…
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