Sridej v. Blinken - filed July 23, 2024

Immigration Law A declaration by an attorney adviser at the Office of the Legal Adviser for the Department of State was sufficient to establish that the secretary had complied with his obligation to consider whether it was more likely than not the petitioner would face a risk of torture if extradited to Thailand, as required under the Convention Against Torture’s implementing regulations; there is no requirement the declaration be signed by the secretary or a senior official properly designated by the secretary; the declaration need not include a case-specific explanation for the extradition decision because the doctrine of separation of powers and the doctrine of non-inquiry blocked any inquiry into the substance of the declaration. Sridej v. Blinken - filed July 23, 2024 Cite as 2024 S.O.S. 23-16021 Full text click here >http://sos.metnews.com/sos.cgi?0724//23-16021.