Cherichel v. Holder

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the poor conditions in Haitian prisons did not amount to torture because it was the the result of a fiscal inability to maintain the prisons
• “[D]efining the correct legal standard . . . is a question of law . . . .”
• “[A] petitioner may not obtain relief under the CAT unless he can show that his prospective torturer has the goal or intent of inflicting severe physical or mental pain or suffering upon him.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).