· 5/15/2013
Victor Tapia Madrigal v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Citations
- 716 F.3d 499
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 12863
- 2013 WL 1983882
How courts have described this case
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- holding that CAT relief requires a showing of acquiescence to petitioner’s alleged torture by a public official
- holding that the BIA erred by “focus[ing] only on the Mexican government’s willingness to control Los Zetas, not its ability to do so”
- holding that “mistreatment motivated purely by personal retribution will not give rise to a valid asylum claim”
- holding that “mistreatment motivated purely by personal retribution will not give rise to a valid asylum claim”
- holding that the agency erred by focusing “only on the Mexican government’s willingness to control Los Zetas, not its ability to do so”
- holding that the Board committed legal error by focusing solely on a government’s willingness, but not its ability, to control private persecution
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Judges: Fletcher, Fisher, Dearie
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