NAMO v. GONZALES

No. 03-4194.

401 F.3d 453 (2005)

Hani NAMO; Revanada Marogi Namo; Ban Razok; Rita Hani Marogi Namo; and Rana Hani Marogi Namo, Petitioners, v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael E. Piston, Michael E. Piston, P.C., Troy, Michigan, for Petitioners. Lyle D. Jentzer, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Michael E. Piston, Lila Sljivar, Michael E. Piston, P.C., Troy, Michigan, for Petitioners. Lyle D. Jentzer, Christopher C. Fuller, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: NORRIS and COOK, Circuit Judges; BECKWITH, Chief District Judge.


OPINION

NORRIS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners, Hani Namo and his family, appeal from the decision of an immigration judge, which was affirmed by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIA"), denying their request for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. We hold that the immigration judge erred when he denied Namo relief under the Convention Against Torture. However, because...

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