Instruments Archives: Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Razkane v. Holder, United States Court of Appeal for the 10th Circuit (21 April 2009)
Procedural Posture The petitioner applied for restriction on removal pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act. An Immigration Judge denied application. The Board of Immigration Appeals upheld the Immigration Judge’s decision. The petitioner appealed to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Facts The petitioner was a Moroccan citizen who entered the United States in 2003. […]
Nabulwala v. Gonzales, United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit (21 March 2007)
Procedural Posture The petitioner, a Ugandan citizen, challenged the final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals denying her claim for asylum, withholding of removal (a stay of the deportation order), and for relief under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Facts The petitioner arrived in the United […]