Legal Opinion

Hamoudi H. KHOURASSANY; Hashem H. Khourassany; Fetam Khourassany, Petitioners, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 5, 2000No. 99-70020PublishedCited by 185 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we identify the proper procedure for petitioners seeking review of their deportation orders on the ground that they may obtain relief from deportation under Article 3 of the Convention on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“Convention on Torture”), June 26, 1987, S. Treaty Doc. No. 100-20 (1988), 1465 U.N.T.S. 85.

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Petitioners Hamoudi H., Fetam, and Hashem Khourassany, all Israeli citizens, petition for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision dismissing his appeal from the denial by the immigration…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Farid Faham Gamal Ghaly v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  3. Kamla Prasad Meena Kumari Prasad Catherine Sandhya Prasad Micky Sudesh Prasad Ricky Sumit Prasad v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  4. Baljinder Singh SANGHA, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
  5. Brijmati SINGH, Petitioner, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by185 opinions

  1. Navaratwam Kamalthas v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  2. Tengiz Sevoian v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2002
  3. Shabanali Ladha Khatoon Ladha Farzana S. Ladha v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  4. Jian Guo v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
  5. Michael Andrew Gormley Edith Carol Gormley v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004

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