DAWSON v. GARLAND

No. 19-73124.

998 F.3d 876 (2021)

Karlena DAWSON, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 26, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn M. Davis (argued) and Peter R. Afrasiabi , Supervising Attorneys; Courtney Lem (argued) and Wei Liu (argued), Certified Law Students; University of California at Irvine School of Law, Appellate Litigation Clinic, Pasadena, California; for Petitioner.

Robert Michael Stalzer (argued), Trial Attorney; Anna Juarez , Senior Litigation Counsel; Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Respondent.

Dissent by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.


OPINION

Petitioner challenges a final order of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). In that decision, the BIA affirmed an Immigration Judge's (IJ's) denial of petitioner's request for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). See 8 C.F.R. § 1208.13(c)(1). We...

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