United States Ninth Circuit

Petitioner's petition for review of the BIA's order of removal is granted in part, where Petitioner's DUI offenses did not qualify as "particularly serious crimes," but denied in part, where substantial evidence supported the BIA's determination that Petitioner would not be tortured if returned to El Salvador.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/18/2005
• Decided 04/17/2009
• Published 04/17/2009

Judges

• Before WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., EUGENE E. SILER, JR., and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Niels W. Frenzen, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, pro bono counsel for the petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer Levings;  Norah Ascoli Schwarz, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.