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· 7/23/2007

Muradin v. Gonzales

Citations

  • 494 F.3d 1208
  • 7 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8612
  • 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 17443

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that abuse by military officers can constitute government torture in the CAT context
  • remanding CAT claim where petitioner credibly testified to severe beatings by military officers and country conditions evidence showed state officials routinely tortured similarly situated persons
  • granting CAT relief where the .applicant presented evidence that he was tortured by security officers in his home country of Armenia, and where a State Department report detailed routine beatings and torture by the security services
  • granting CAT relief where the applicant presented evidence that he was tortured by security officers in his home country of Armenia, and where a State Department report detailed routine beatings and torture by the security services

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Judges: Bright, Pregerson, McKeown

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