Doe v. Holder, No. 10-3244 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseSouth Sudan declared its independence from Sudan in July, 2011. President Obama formally recognized the new republic on the same day. One month earlier, the Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments in a case claiming that the Board of Immigration Appeals erroneously denied petitioner deferral of removal to Sudan under the Convention Against Torture. Petitioner's home is in the new republic. The Seventh Circuit remanded, in light of the changed circumstances, the government's acknowledgement of legal errors in the opinion of the Immigration Judge, and the government's assertion that it no longer plans to remove petitioner to Sudan.
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