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SILVA-PEREIRA v. LYNCH

No. 14-70276.

827 F.3d 1176 (2016)

Roberto Carlos SILVA-PEREIRA, Petitioner, v. Loretta E. LYNCH, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 7, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gautam Jagannath (argued), and Emily Abraham , Social Justice Collaborative, Oakland, California, for Petitioner.

Timothy G. Hayes (argued), Trial Attorney; Cindy S. Ferrier , Assistant Director; Benjamin C. Mizer , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: J. Clifford Wallace and Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Circuit Judges and Marilyn L. Huff, District Judge.

OPINION

We must decide whether substantial evidence supports the determination of the Board of Immigration Appeals that this petitioner is ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal to Nicaragua and whether he qualifies for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture.

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