Legal Opinion
Ukashu Nuru, AKA Ukasha Nuru v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 21, 2005No. 17-17492PublishedCited by 295 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.
Warfare still continues to produce cruel, inhuman, and degrading acts of torture sanctioned or tolerated by government officials and committed even in lands that consider themselves civilized. The case before us involves one of those occurrences and requires us to decide whether the law permits the United States government to remove a victim of such treatment to his home country where he would likely, once again, be subjected to the infliction of severe physical pain and suffering, if not death.
Ukashu Nuru, a native and citizen of Eritrea, petitions for review of the…
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