Legal Opinion
Cherichel v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 12, 2010No. 08-3736PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
Shoodley Cherichel, a native and citizen of Haiti, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying his application for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) and ordering him removed to Haiti. Cherichel argues that the BIA erred in applying a more onerous definition of specific intent under the CAT than was used by the Immigration Judge (IJ). For the following reasons, we deny the petition.
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A. Factual Background
Shoodley Cherichel was born in Haiti on November 23,1979. Although he does not remember coming to…
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