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· 8/29/2005

Mohamed Kamara v. Attorney General of the United States

Citations

  • 420 F.3d 202
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 18576
  • 2005 WL 2063873

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the “more likely than not” standard applicable to Convention Against Torture claims is met if the probability of torture exceeds fifty percent
  • noting that REAL ID Act’s jurisdictional grant regarding appeals by aggravated felons extends not just to legal determinations but also to application of law to facts
  • noting that \vacat[ing] the order of removal\ may be an appropriate remedy for a habeas petition
  • noting that REAL ID Act’s jurisdictional grant in CAT appeals by aggravated felons extends not just to legal determinations but also to application of law to facts
  • noting that “it is the petitioner’s burden to show that the [agency] did not review the record when it considered the appeal”
  • noting that “vacat[ing] the order of removal” may be an appropriate remedy for a habeas petition

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Judges: Fisher, Pollak, Sloviter

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