JAVED v. HOLDER

No. 12-1657.

715 F.3d 391 (2013)

Mohammad Ilyas JAVED, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, JR., Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy Olen on brief for petitioner.

Edward C. Durant , Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, Stuart F. Delery , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Holly M. Smith , Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief for respondent.

Before TORRUELLA, STAHL, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Mohammad Ilyas Javed petitions for review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) affirming the denial of his applications for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). Because the BIA's withholding-of-removal decision is contrary to the evidence, we grant the petition in part and remand the case for further proceedings.

I. Background

Javed was born in 1962 in...

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