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KONOU v. HOLDER

No. 09-71454.

750 F.3d 1120 (2014)

Antipas Johnlang KONOU, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alison Dixon , San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner.

Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Ernesto H. Molina, Jr. , Assistant Director, D. Nicholas Harling (argued), Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, RONALD LEE GILMAN, and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Antipas J. Konou seeks review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) reversing the Immigration Judge's (IJ's) finding that Konou was eligible for relief under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). This case arises from the fact that Konou fled the Marshall Islands in 1980 as a teenager after being sexually assaulted and beaten as a homeless, homosexual child. The authorities there allegedly did nothing...

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