Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Fourth Circuit -- Dario Suarez-Valenzuela v. Eric Holder, Jr.

Immigration / CAT

Substantial evidence for finding that the foreign government would not acquiesce to the torture of the petitioner.

Court applied willful blindness standard when considering likelihood of acquiescence, as it engaged in fact-based analysis, instead of looking for explicit acceptance of the conduct.

Dario Suarez-Valenzuela v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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Author's SSRN page here.