United States Third Circuit

Plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is reversed where the Board of Immigration Appeals improperly applied the Convention Against Torture regulations.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/09/2005
• Decided 08/29/2005
• Published 08/29/2005

Judges

• Before SLOVITER and FISHER, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. Keener, Deputy Director, Alison R. Drucker (Argued), Senior Litigation Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James V. Wade, Federal Public Defender, Ronald A. Krauss (Argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of Federal Public Defender, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellee.