Legal Opinion
Pierre v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 11, 2007No. Docket 05-3260-agPublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS JACOBS, Chief Judge:
Petitioner Franck Pierre, a native of Haiti, appeals from the June 15, 2004 final decision and order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) which affirmed the January 20, 2004 decision of immigration judge (“IJ”) John B. Reid denying Pierre’s application for withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).
Pierre asserts that he has shown a sufficient likelihood that he will be tortured if he is deported to Haiti, because all Haitians who are deported from the United States (and other countries) for criminal conduct are imprisoned…
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