Legal Opinion
Cruz Garcia v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 1, 2014No. 13-60381PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:
Cruz Alberto Garcia, proceeding pro se, petitions this court for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision. The BIA dismissed his appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of his application for statutory withholding of removal and Convention Against Torture (CAT) protection. We deny the petition for review as to statutory withholding, grant the petition for review as to CAT protection, and remand to the BIA for further consideration of Garcia’s petition for CAT protection.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
In 2006, Garcia, a native and…
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