RIVAS-PENA v. SESSIONS

No. 18-1183.

900 F.3d 947 (2018)

Pedro RIVAS-PENA, Petitioner, v. Jefferson B. SESSIONS III, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carla Iveth Espinoza , Attorney, Chicago Immigration Advocates, Ground Floor, 161 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60605, for Petitioner.

OIL, Attorney, Jennifer A. Singer , Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, P.O. Box 878, Bed Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-0000, for Respondent.

Before Sykes, Hamilton, and Brennan, Circuit Judges.


Pedro Rivas-Pena has been a lawful permanent resident of the United States and is a citizen of Mexico. He faces removal to Mexico because of a state drug-trafficking conviction. He has applied for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture, alleging that he fears returning to Mexico because members of Los Zetas...

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