Legal Opinion
Walter Quijada-Aguilar v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 1, 2015No. 12-70070PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NGUYEN, Circuit Judge:
Walter Quijada-Aguilar seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) denial of his applications for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) and the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”), as well as deferral of removal under CAT. We grant his petition for review and remand for further proceedings.
Background
Walter Quijada-Aguilar (“Quijada-Aguilar”), a citizen of El Salvador, came to the United States in the mid-1970’s as a young boy. His family was fleeing violence in El Salvador, where his father and two uncles were…
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