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MALDONADO v. LYNCH

No. 09-71491.

786 F.3d 1155 (2015)

Roberto Curinsita MALDONADO, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 18, 2015.

Amended May 18, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haitham Edward Ballout (argued), and Mairead C. Donahey , Law Offices of Haitham E. Bailout, Burlingame, California, for Petitioner.

Andrew C. MacLachlan (argued), Senior Litigation Counsel, and Ilissa M. Gould , Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Office of Immigration Litigation, Washington D.C., for Respondent.

The Government's Motion to Clarify Decision is granted as follows. On page 5 of the slip opinion, filed on March 27, 2015, the text of footnote 1 is amended as follows: "Because the IJ deemed Maldonado credible, we take his testimony as true for purposes of this opinion. , 1159 (9th Cir. 2014)."

OPINION

Roberto Curinsita Maldonado ("Maldonado") petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals' ("BIA") decision dismissing his appeal of an immigration judge's ("IJ") denial of his application for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). Although the IJ found that Maldonado...

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