VALDIVIEZO-GALDAMEZ v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF U.S.

No. 06-2080.

502 F.3d 285 (2007)

Mauricio VALDIVIEZO-GALDAMEZ, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed September 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin P. Duffey [ARGUED], Cozen & O'Connor, Ayodele Gansallo, Hias & Council Migration Service, of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

Colette R. Buchanan [ARGUED], Office of the United States Attorney, Newark, NJ, Janice K. Redfern, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before: RENDELL and AMBRO, Circuit Judges, and SHAPIRO, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

Mauricio Edgardo Valdiviezo-Galdamez ("Galdamez") petitions for review of the denial of his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). We will grant the petition for review, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I.

Galdamez is a native and citizen of Honduras, born in May 1984.1

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