Ninth Circuit· 7/30/2018

Zhihui Guo v. Jefferson Sessions

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897 F.3d 1208

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holding that a petitioner’s claim that he “will be arrested upon his return to China” failed to overcome the BIA’s denial of CAT relief
holding that the concept of torture is more severe than persecution
explaining that, for purposes of CAT relief, the concept of torture 3 21-1327 is more severe than persecution
noting that “it would be a strange rule if the absence or presence of a broken arm were the dispositive fact”
noting that “it would be a strange rule if the absence or presence of a broken arm were the dispositive fact”
explaining that torture “is more severe than persecution” (quoting Nuru v. Gonzales, 404 F.3d 1207, 1224 (9th Cir. 2005))

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