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MORALES-MORALES v. BARR

No. 17-60819.

933 F.3d 456 (2019)

Avigail MORALES-MORALES, also known as Almida Avial Morales Melendez, Petitioner v. William P. BARR, U. S. Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 6, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Wolfman , Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Walter Bocchini, Esq. , Steven Kiyoto Uejio , Trial Attorneys, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division/OIL, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

An immigration judge determined that the petitioner was entitled to deferral of removal under the United Nations Convention Against Torture. The Board of Immigration Appeals reversed, but in doing so it committed legal error by applying the wrong review standard to the factual findings. We GRANT Morales-Morales...

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