Kazdan v. Merlis

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• holding that the IJ erred in granting CAT relief where the IJ “strung together a series of suppositions”
• holding that the IJ erred in granting CAT relief where the IJ “strung together a series of suppositions”
• holding that each link in the hypothetical chain of events leading to the claim of likely torture must be established as more likely than not to occur
• holding that an alien whose CAT claim is based on a “series of suppositions” must establish that each link in that “hypothetical chain of events” is more likely than not to occur
• reasoning that CAT claim cannot be made merely by stringing together a series of speculative suppositions
• explaining that, although the immigration judge may question witnesses, “the [i]mmigration [j]udge must not take on the role of advocate”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).