NYANDWI v. GARLAND

No. 20-3215.

15 F.4th 836 (2021)

Eric NYANDWI, Petitioner, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keren Hart Zwick , Attorney, National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL, Nicholas Tarasen , Attorney, Amazon.com Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, for Petitioner.

Jennifer A. Bowen , Trial Attorney, Anthony Cardozo Payne , Attorney, Civil Division, Immigration Litigation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Flaum and Kirsch, Circuit Judges.


Eric Nyandwi, facing removal from the United States because of multiple felony convictions, applied for a deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture. He claimed that he faced a substantial risk of torture if returned to the country of Burundi, of which he is a citizen. Both an immigration judge and the Board...

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