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SILAIS v. SESSIONS

No. 15-3277.

855 F.3d 736 (2017)

Hernel SILAIS, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 28, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey Heeren , Attorneys, VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY LAW CLINIC, Valparaiso, IN, for Petitioner.

Janette L. Allen , OIL, Attorneys, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, for Respondent.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Flaum and Easterbrook, Circuit Judges.

Hernel Silais, a Haitian citizen and opposition political party member, petitioned the United States for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). The Immigration Judge, and later the Board of Immigration Appeals (collectively, the "Agency"), denied his petition. We do the same...

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