Legal Opinion
Daniel Agonafer v. Jefferson Sessions
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 23, 2017No. 13-73122PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUCK, District Judge:
This case concerns a petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of Daniel Agonafer’s motion to reopen removal proceedings to apply for protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). The core of the underlying CAT claim is that Agonafer fears torture on account of his sexual orientation if he is removed to his home country of Ethiopia. Agonafer filed his motion to reopen over five years after the previous decision by the BIA in his case. The BIA denied his motion to reopen, finding that the motion did not fall within the…
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