United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's claim for relief under the Convention Against Torture is reversed where the Board of Immigration Appeals did not consider the facts of plaintiff's case under the proper standard.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/15/2005
• Decided 05/16/2005
• Published 05/16/2005

Judges

• BETTY B. FLETCHER, Senior Circuit Judge., Before LAY,B. FLETCHER, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen Shaiken, Law Offices of Stephen Shaiken, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Richard M. Evans, & John L. Davis, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.