· 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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