Fifth Circuit· 6/20/2002

Efe v. Ashcroft

Citations

293 F.3d 899
2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 12159
2002 WL 1209955

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

finding that killing a police officer at a political demonstration was a serious nonpolitical crime because the conduct was disproportionate to the political objectives
explaining that CAT protection is not triggered by persecution but, rather, must meet the higher bar of torture
noting that courts afford “great deference to an immigration judge’s decisions concerning an alien’s credibility”
concluding because petitioner failed to meet asylum standard, petitioner also failed to meet withholding standard
noting that unlike asylum or withholding of removal claims, “CAT does not require persecution, but the higher bar of torture”
stating that the “CAT does not require persecution, but the higher bar of torture”

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Judges: Stewart, Clement

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