Maldonado v. Lynch
9th Cir.en banc
786 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2015) (en banc)
2015
Holding
CAT protection requires showing the government would acquiesce in torture; the 9th Circuit clarified the acquiescence standard, holding that a government's willful blindness to torture can constitute acquiescence.
Practitioner Note
En banc. Clarified government acquiescence standard for CAT claims.
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