United States Second Circuit

Denial of application for relief from removal under the Convention Against Torture is vacated where it is doubtful, at best, that the IJ applied the correct legal standard for torture under CAT, specifically with respect to the state action requirement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/24/2006
• Published 08/08/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before MINER, CALABRESI, Circuit Judges, RESTANI, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Int'l Trade.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• H. Raymond Fasano, Madeo & Fasano, New York, N.Y., for Petitioner., Toi Denise Houston, Assistant United States Attorney, for Joseph S. Van Bokkelen, United States Attorney, Northern District of Indiana, Hammond, Ind.