Ukashu Nuru, AKA Ukasha Nuru v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2005-04-21

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REINHARDT, Circuit Judge. Warfare still continues to produce cruel, inhuman, and degrading acts of torture sanctioned or tolerated by government officials and committed even in lands that consider themselves civilized. The case before us involves one of those occurrences and requires us to decide whether the law permits the United States government to remove a victim of such tre…

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