Immigration – Removal Order

By: Derek Hawkins//November 16, 2021//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Eric Nyandwi v. Merrick B. Garland

Case No.: 20-3215

Officials: SYKES, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and KIRSCH, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Immigration – Removal Order

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 of Immigration Appeals found no such substantial risk and so denied his application. In this petition for review, Nyandwi asks us to remand the case, arguing that the immigration judge and the Board committed various legal errors when they denied his application. We disagree, find no error, and therefore deny the petition.

Petition denied

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Derek A Hawkins is Corporate Counsel, at Salesforce.

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