Convention Against Torture Immigration Case

In Hakim v. Holder, No. 09-60549, a petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals order finding that petitioner’s money laundering conviction was for more than $10,000, and constituted a particularly serious crime under 8 U.S.C. section 1231(b)(3)(B)(ii), the court granted the petition where the BIA applied an incorrect legal standard in its Convention Against Torture consideration, and the case needed to be decided under an “actual knowledge” or “willful blindness” standard.

 

Related Resources

  • Read the Fifth Circuit’s Decision in Hakim v. Holder, No. 09-60549

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