Legal Opinion
Rufino A. Estrada-Martinez v. Loretta E. Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 31, 2015No. 15-1139PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Rufino Antonio Estrada-Martinez faces removal to Honduras, a country that he fled in 1994 after police there detained and tortured him. An immigration judge granted Estrada relief from removal, finding that he will more likely than not face torture if he is removed to Honduras. The Board of Immigration Appeals disagreed regarding the likelihood that Estrada will be tortured, so it reversed the judge’s grant of relief. Estrada has petitioned for review. He claims both eligibility for “withholding of removal” under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“the…
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