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· 11/7/2002

United States-South Africa Leadership Exchange Program v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

Citations

  • 809 A.2d 1184
  • 2002 D.C. App. LEXIS 603
  • 2002 WL 31477926

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that we do not overturn a decision by the agency based on a “mere disagreement” about how the facts should be evaluated
  • noting that for any due process claims “we will not simply presume prejudice”
  • denying CAT relief when the petitioner “failed to provide any evidence beyond his own personal speculation” that the government would acquiesce to his torture
  • overruled on other grounds by Alam v. Garland, 11 F.4th 1133, 1135–36 (9th Cir. 2021) (en banc)
  • “[W]e cannot overturn the agency’s decision based on mere disagreement.”

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Judges: Farrell, Nebeker, Reid

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