Legal Opinion
Saint Fort v. Ashcroft
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 9, 2003No. 02-2451PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Kelly Saint Fort, a Haitian and a legal permanent resident of the United States, committed an aggravated felony and so the Immigration and Naturalization Service initiated removal proceedings to deport him. Saint Fort claimed protection from deportation, “deferral of removal,” under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), arguing he would be jailed and tortured if returned to Haiti. An Immigration Judge (“IJ”) agreed; the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), on review, did not. Saint Fort seeks to have judicial review of his case; as a matter of statutory…
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